Entry
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)

Also written 鄙賤【ひせん】

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Characters in this word

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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

despise, low-life, poverty

Kun
いや.しいいや.しむしずやす.い
On
センゼン
Strokes
15
Radical
shell

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-7-8SKIP code
7b8.3The Kanji Dictionary
6385.0Four corner code
3959deroo
8ce4Unicode hex code
1-76-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4515Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5813New Nelson (John Haig)
1584New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1993Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2318Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
36826Morohashi
jian4Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading