adjective

  1. lowborn, humble, lowly.
  2. vulgar, coarse, crude, mean, base, vile.
  3. shabby.
  4. greedy, gluttonous, avaricious.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
卑しい いやしい
 
 
賤しい いやしい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

lowly, base, vile
ヒ いや.しい (8th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)