賤

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

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 賤
Shinjitai
(extended) 		賎
Simplified 贱

Han character[edit]

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

Derived Characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

trad. 賤
simp. 贱
alternative forms 賎

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

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/
Bernard
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 		賤
Old
Chinese 		/*zlens/

Definitions[edit]

賤

  1. cheap; inexpensive
  2. lowly; low-ranking; poor; plebeian
  3. bad; inferior; poor
  4. mean; base; despicable; obnoxious
  5. (humble) my
  6. (Min) naughty; restless
  7. to look down upon; to despise
  8. to hate; to detest
  9. a surname: Jian

Synonyms[edit]

  • (cheap):
Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Mandarin Beijing 便宜, 賤
Taiwan 便宜
Harbin 便宜, 賤
Yantai (Muping) 便宜, 賤
Jinan 便宜, 賤
Luoyang 便宜, 賤
Wanrong 便宜, 賤
Xi'an 便宜, 賤
Yinchuan 便宜
Lanzhou 便宜
Xining 便宜
Ürümqi 便宜
Wuhan 便宜, 相因
Chengdu 相因, 便宜
Guiyang 相因
Liuzhou 便宜
Xuzhou 便宜, 賤
Yangzhou 便宜, 划廉
Nanjing 便宜
Hefei 巧, 便宜
Nantong 便宜
Malaysia 便宜
Singapore 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) 平
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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
Yanping (Xiayang) 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 Shaxi (Longdu) 平
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[edit]

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

Hypernyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

賎

Kyūjitai

賤

Kanji[edit]

賤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賎)

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

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

賤 • (cheon) (hangeul 천)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

賤: Hán Nôm readings: tiện

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