| 卑 | meaning | 'lowly, base, vile, vulgar' |
| onyomi | ヒ | |
| kunyomi | いや.しい, いや.しむ, いや.しめる |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 卑怯 | ひきょう | cowardice, meanness, unfairness |
| 卑しい | いやしい | greedy, vulgar, shabby, humble, base, mean, vile |
| 卑しからぬ | いやしからぬ | respectable, decent |
| 卑しみ | いやしみ | contempt |
| 卑しむ | いやしむ | to despise, to disdain, to scorn |
| 卑しむべき | いやしむべき | despicable |
| 卑しめる | いやしめる | to despise, to abase (oneself) |
| 卑下 | ひげ | self-abasement, humility, self-depreciation |
| 卑劣 | ひれつ | mean, foul play, cowardly, base |
| 卑屈 | ひくつ | menial, meanness, servility, abject |
| 男尊女卑 | だんそんじょひ | male domination of women, male chauvinism, subjection of women |
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