貶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

degrade, disparage, belittle, demote

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヘン
Kun (native)
  • けな(す)
  • おとし(める)
  • おと(す)
Other languages
  • 拼音bian3
  • 한글pyeom
  • Hán-ViệtBiếm

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
貝(かい)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8CB6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰貝乏

Words using this kanji

  • 貶すけなすto speak ill of, to disparage
  • 貶下へんげscorn, disdain, contempt
  • 貶めるおとしめるto show contempt for, to look down upon, to have a low opinion of, to cause to fall

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-4
Four Corner
6283.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7b3.2
Nelson
4489