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賤

Readings

Kana: セン、ゼン、いや.しい、いや.しむ、しず、やす.い
Romaji: sen, zen, iya.shii, iya.shimu, shizu, yasu.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

despise, low-life, poverty

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  154
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-7-8
Korean Reading:  cheon
Chinese Reading:  jian4
Unicode:  8ce4
JIS:  6C4D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1584
Nelson Index: 4515
New Nelson Index: 5813
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7b8.3
Four Corner Index: 6385.0
Japanese Names Index: 2318
Daikanwanjiten Index: 36826
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0785
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1993
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3959

Words

賤 (しず、せん)
lowly person; lowliness; I (used by male entertainers)
卑賎 (ひせん)
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
賤称 (せんしょう)
depreciatory name
貧富貴賤 (ひんぷきせん)
rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
微賤 (びせん)
low rank; humble station; obscurity
下賎 (げせん)
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar; coarse
賤民 (せんみん)
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
賤の女 (しずのめ)
woman of lowly birth
貧賎 (ひんせん)
poor and lowly
貴賤 (きせん)
high and low; all ranks
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