賤

See also: 贱 and 賎
賤 U+8CE4, 賤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CE4
← 賣
[U+8CE3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 賥 →
[U+8CE5]

Translingual

Traditional 賤
Shinjitai
(extended) 		賎
Simplified 贱

Han character

賤 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈戈 (BCII), four-corner 63853, composition ⿰貝戔)

Derived Characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36826
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1675, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3647, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8CE4

Chinese

trad. 賤
simp. 贱
alternative forms 賎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
殘 *zlaːn, *zaːns
戔 *zlaːn
帴 *zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
虥 *zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
盞 *ʔsreːnʔ
醆 *ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
琖 *ʔsreːnʔ
剗 *sʰreːnʔ
棧 *zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
輚 *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
嶘 *zreːnʔ
錢 *ʔslenʔ, *zlen
俴 *ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
籛 *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
淺 *sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
濺 *ʔsens, *ʔseːn
踐 *zlenʔ
諓 *zlenʔ, *zlens
餞 *zlenʔ, *zlens
賤 *zlens
綫 *slens
箋 *ʔsleːn
牋 *ʔsleːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlens): semantic 貝 + phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • zeng5 - literary (e.g. 下賤);
  • zyor5/zoe5 - vernacular (e.g. 貴賤).
Note:
  • chiān - literary;
  • chōaⁿ - vernacular.
Note: 6jie/2ji - literary.
Rime
Character 賤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 才線切
Baxter dzjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ziᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ziɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zianH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zin6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 賤
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzjenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[dz][a][n]-s/
English cheap; low, mean

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 賤
Reading # 1/1
No. 6008
Phonetic
component 		戔
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*zlens/

Definitions

賤

  1. cheap; inexpensive
  2. lowly; low-ranking; poor; plebeian
  3. bad; inferior; poor
  4. mean; base; despicable; obnoxious
  5. (colloquial, derogatory) mean, bitchy, annoying
  6. (humble) my
    賤姓李。／贱姓李。  ―  Jiàn xìng Lǐ.  ―  My surname is Li.
  7. (Min) naughty; restless
  8. to look down upon; to despise
  9. to hate; to detest
  10. a surname, Jian

Synonyms

  • (cheap):
Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 便宜, 賤
Taiwan 便宜
Harbin 便宜, 賤
Malaysia 便宜
Singapore 便宜
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 便宜, 賤
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 便宜, 賤
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 便宜, 賤
Wanrong 便宜, 賤
Xi'an 便宜, 賤
Xining 便宜
Xuzhou 便宜, 賤
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 便宜
Lanzhou 便宜
Ürümqi 便宜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 相因, 便宜
Wuhan 便宜, 相因
Guiyang 相因
Liuzhou 便宜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 便宜
Yangzhou 便宜, 划廉
Nantong 便宜
Hefei 巧, 便宜
Cantonese Guangzhou 平
Hong Kong 平
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 平
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 平
Macau 平
Guangzhou (Panyu) 平
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 平
Guangzhou (Conghua) 平
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 平
Foshan 平
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 平
Foshan (Shunde) 平
Foshan (Sanshui) 平
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 便宜, 平
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 平
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 平
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 平
Zhuhai (Doumen) 平
Jiangmen (Baisha) 平
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 平
Taishan 平
Kaiping (Chikan) 平
Enping (Niujiang) 平
Heshan (Yayao) 平
Dongguan 平
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 平
Qingyuan 平
Fogang 平
Yingde (Hanguang) 平
Yangshan 平, 便宜
Lianshan (Butian) 平
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 平宜
Shaoguan 平
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 平
Renhua 平, 抵得
Lechang 平
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 平
Sihui 平
Guangning 平枯
Deqing 平
Huaiji 平
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 平
Yunfu 平
Xinxing 平
Luoding 平
Yunan (Pingtai) 平
Yangjiang 平, 平宜
Nanning 平
Yulin 平
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 平
Singapore (Guangfu) 平
Gan Nanchang 便宜
Lichuan 便宜
Pingxiang 便宜
Hakka Meixian 便宜, 平
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 便宜, 平
Dongguan (Qingxi) 平
Boluo (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 平
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 平
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 平
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 便宜
Wuhua (Huacheng) 便宜, 平
Wuhua (Changbu) 平
Wuhua (Mianyang) 便宜
Heyuan (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 便宜
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 便宜
Jiexi 便宜
Yudu 便宜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 便宜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 便宜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 便宜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 便宜
Hong Kong 平
Sabah (Longchuan) 便宜
Senai (Huiyang) 便宜
Singkawang 便宜
Huizhou Jixi 便宜
Jin Taiyuan 便宜, 賤
Xinzhou 便宜, 賤
Northern Min Jian'ou 便宜
Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) 便宜
Songxi 便宜
Zhenghe 便宜
Shunchang (Yangdun) 平
Jianyang 平
Wuyishan 平
Pucheng (Shibei) 便宜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 便宜, 賤
Matsu 便宜
Southern Min Xiamen 俗, 便宜
Quanzhou 俗, 便宜
Zhangzhou 俗, 便宜
Taipei 俗
New Taipei (Sanxia) 俗
Kaohsiung 俗
Yilan 俗, 便宜
Changhua (Lukang) 俗
Taichung 俗
Taichung (Wuqi) 俗
Tainan 俗
Taitung 俗
Hsinchu 俗
Kinmen 俗
Penghu (Magong) 俗, 便宜
Penang (Hokkien) 便宜
Singapore (Hokkien) 偏
Manila (Hokkien) 俗
Chaozhou 便
Shantou 便
Jieyang 便
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 便
Singapore (Teochew) 便
Wenchang 便宜
Haikou 便宜
Qionghai 便宜
Singapore (Hainanese) 便宜
Puxian Min Putian 相因
Xianyou 相因
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 平
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 平
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 平
Wu Shanghai 便宜, 𠼢
Shanghai (Chongming) 便宜, 𠼢
Suzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Danyang 便宜, 賤
Hangzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Ningbo 便宜, 𠼢
Wenzhou 鬆, 便宜
Jinhua 便宜, 賤
Xiang Changsha 便宜
Loudi 便宜
Shuangfeng 便宜, 賤

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “cheap”): 貴／贵 (guì)

Hypernyms

Compounds

  • 下賤 / 下贱 (xiàjiàn)
  • 人離鄉賤 / 人离乡贱 (rénlíxiāngjiàn)
  • 低賤 / 低贱 (dījiàn)
  • 卑賤 / 卑贱 (bēijiàn)
  • 厭賤 / 厌贱
  • 壓良為賤 / 压良为贱
  • 多賤寡貴 / 多贱寡贵
  • 孤賤 / 孤贱
  • 安貧樂賤 / 安贫乐贱
  • 寒賤 / 寒贱
  • 小賤 / 小贱
  • 屨賤踊貴 / 屦贱踊贵
  • 微賤 / 微贱 (wēijiàn)
  • 悴賤 / 悴贱
  • 樂貧甘賤 / 乐贫甘贱
  • 潑賤 / 泼贱
  • 潑賤人 / 泼贱人
  • 潑賤煙花 / 泼贱烟花
  • 犯賤 / 犯贱 (fànjiàn)
  • 猥賤 / 猥贱
  • 瑣賤 / 琐贱
  • 穀賤傷農 / 谷贱伤农
  • 粗賤 / 粗贱
  • 自輕自賤 / 自轻自贱 (zìqīngzìjiàn)
  • 良賤 / 良贱 (liángjiàn)
  • 薄賤 / 薄贱
  • 討賤 / 讨贱
  • 貧嘴賤舌 / 贫嘴贱舌
  • 貧賤 / 贫贱 (pínjiàn)
  • 貧賤之交 / 贫贱之交
  • 貧賤之知 / 贫贱之知
  • 貧賤交 / 贫贱交
  • 貧賤糟糠 / 贫贱糟糠
  • 貧賤驕人 / 贫贱骄人
  • 貴不凌賤 / 贵不凌贱
  • 貴古賤今 / 贵古贱今
  • 貴耳賤目 / 贵耳贱目
  • 貴賤 / 贵贱 (guìjiàn)
  • 貴賤之別 / 贵贱之别
  • 貴賤無二 / 贵贱无二
  • 貴賤無常 / 贵贱无常
  • 貴賤高下 / 贵贱高下
  • 貴遠賤近 / 贵远贱近
  • 賤丈夫 / 贱丈夫
  • 賞不遺賤 / 赏不遗贱
  • 賤事 / 贱事
  • 賤人 / 贱人 (jiànrén)
  • 賤價 / 贱价
  • 賤內 / 贱内 (jiànnèi)
  • 賤名 / 贱名
  • 賤如糞土 / 贱如粪土
  • 賤妾 / 贱妾 (jiànqiè)
  • 賤婢 / 贱婢
  • 賤役 / 贱役 (jiànyì)
  • 賤息 / 贱息
  • 賤恙 / 贱恙
  • 賤才 / 贱才
  • 賤斂貴出 / 贱敛贵出
  • 賤斂貴發 / 贱敛贵发
  • 賤格 / 贱格
  • 賤業 / 贱业
  • 賤民 / 贱民 (jiànmín)
  • 賤物 / 贱物
  • 賤視 / 贱视 (jiànshì)
  • 賤稱 / 贱称 (jiànchēng)
  • 賤累 / 贱累
  • 賤貨 / 贱货 (jiànhuò)
  • 賤貴窮通 / 贱贵穷通
  • 賤買貴賣 / 贱买贵卖
  • 賤賣 / 贱卖 (jiànmài)
  • 賤軀 / 贱躯
  • 賤造 / 贱造
  • 賤降 / 贱降 (jiànjiàng)
  • 賤骨頭 / 贱骨头
  • 賤體 / 贱体
  • 踊貴屨賤 / 踊贵屦贱
  • 輕賤 / 轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
  • 鄙賤 / 鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
  • 隆古賤今 / 隆古贱今

References

  • “賤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “贱”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 213.

Japanese

Shinjitai

賎

Kyūjitai

賤

Kanji

賤

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賎)

  1. cheap, worthless
  2. low-ranking, inferior, humble, plebeian
  3. to despise; to look down upon

Readings

  • Go-on: ぜん (zen)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)
  • Kun: いやしい (iyashii, 賤しい)、いやしむ (iyashimu, 賤しむ)、いやしめる (iyashimeru, 賤しめる)、しず (shizu, 賤)、ひくい (hikui, 賤い)、やすい (yasui, 賤い)

Korean

Hanja

賤 • (cheon) (hangeul 천)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賤: Hán Nôm readings: tiện

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