EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    cowardly; craven

    そんなふうに言うなんて卑怯だ。
    It's mean of you to talk that way.
  2. unfair; mean; sneaky; dirty; dastardly

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise

Kun
いや.しいいや.しむいや.しめる
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2003 of 2500
Radical
ten
WaniKani
Level 59

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-6-3SKIP code
5f4.8The Kanji Dictionary
2640.0Four corner code
855deroo
5351Unicode hex code
1-40-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
221Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
618New Nelson (John Haig)
2642New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3270Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1688Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2295Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1511Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1629Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2041A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
976Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1795Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2738XMorohashi
1727A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1521Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1622Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1110Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1235Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1770Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
248Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1525Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei1Pinyin reading
biKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
59WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cowardice, wince, flinch, hesitate, waver

Kun
ひる.むおびえ.るおじるおび.えるおそ.れる
On
キョウコウ
Strokes
8
Radical
heart

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
4k5.9The Kanji Dictionary
9403.1Four corner code
602fUnicode hex code
1-22-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1661Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1816New Nelson (John Haig)
355Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2275Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2374Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10491Morohashi
qie4, que4Pinyin reading
geobKorean reading