贱

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inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Costing little 戋 money 贝; 戋 also provides the pronunciation

Components 贝戋

cheap · Heisig RSH #375

float + clam

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自轻自贱	zì qīng zì jiàn	to belittle oneself; self-contempt
贱骨头	jiàn gǔ tou	miserable wretch; contemptible individual
贫贱不能移	pín jiàn bù néng yí	not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
大贱卖	dà jiàn mài	to sell at a big discount
贵远贱近	guì yuǎn jiàn jìn	to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
威尊命贱	wēi zūn mìng jiàn	(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's lif…
贱人	jiàn rén	slut; cheap person
手贱	shǒu jiàn	(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
下贱	xià jiàn	humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible
贵古贱今	guì gǔ jiàn jīn	to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
贱民	jiàn mín	social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste)
作贱	zuò jiàn	variant of 作踐\|作践[zuo4 jian4]
贱格	jiàn gé	despicable
亲疏贵贱	qīn shū guì jiàn	close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone; all possible relations
贱内	jiàn nèi	my wife (humble)
嘴贱	zuǐ jiàn	prone to saying sth inappropriate or offensive
贱货	jiàn huò	bitch; slut
微贱	wēi jiàn	humble; lowly
低贱	dī jiàn	lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive
贱称	jiàn chēng	contemptuous term

These characters use 贱 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
贱 sound part	jiàn	cheap, low, mean, worthless
溅	jiàn	to sprinkle, to spray, to splash, to spill