鄙贱
bǐ​jiàn

despicable

鄙 bǐ rustic

Phonosemantic compound. 啚 represents the sound and ⻏ represents the meaning. Originally written as 啚.

Components

啚
啚 SoundMeaning component
bǐ, tú remote place
⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpijXprəʔ border town

說文解字

《說文》：“啚，嗇也。从囗、。，受也。，古文啚如此。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

贱 jiàn mean Simplified

Costing little 戋 money 贝; 戋 also provides the pronunciation

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
戋
戋 SoundMeaning component
jiān, cán small

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

溅

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

賤 jiàn mean Traditional

Costing little 戔 money 貝; 戔 also provides the pronunciation

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
戔
戔 SoundMeaning component
small

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

濺

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjenH[dz][a][n]-s cheap; low, mean

說文解字

《說文》：“賤，賈少也。从貝，戔聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)