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Kentei exam level Pre-1

despise, low-life, poverty

Kun'yomi
  • lowborn ②vulgar ③shabby ④greedy
  • to despise
  • しず
    lowly person ②I
  • やす
On'yomi
  • セン
    lowly person ②I
  • ゼン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

しず 87.5%
センゼン 12.5%

Character Breakdown

despise, low-life, poverty
しず セン いや.しい (Kentei Pre-1)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
damage, remain, slight
セン サン (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

lowly person ②I
lowly people (esp. as a caste)
high and low (social standing)
woman of lowly birth
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
depreciatory name
high and low, and rich and poor
rich and poor, high and low
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References

Unicode hex code 8CE4
JIS X 0208 1-76-45
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4515
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5813
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1584
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1993
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2318
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 36826
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7b8.3
Four corner code 6385.0
De Roo Code 3959