Kanji
卑
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2003
lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise
On'yomi (音読み)
ヒ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
いや.しい、 いや.しむ、 いや.しめる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
卑劣
ひれつ
mean; contemptible
卑屈
ひくつ
servile; subservient
男尊女卑
だんそんじょひ
male domination of women; male chauvinism
卑下
ひげ
self-abasement; self-depreciation
卑怯
ひきょう
cowardly; craven
卑湿
ひしつ
low and damp (land)
卑猥
ひわい
indecent; obscene
官尊民卑
かんそんみんぴ
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed
卑怯者
ひきょうもの
coward; chicken
女尊男卑
じょそんだんぴ
placing women above men
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
卑しい
いやしい
lowborn; humble
卑しい生まれ
いやしいうまれ
lowborn; of humble birth
卑しむべき
いやしむべき
despicable
卑しからぬ
いやしからぬ
respectable; decent
卑しみ
いやしみ
contempt
卑下も自慢の中
ひげもじまんのうち
taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
卑怯な手を使う
ひきょうなてをつかう
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は卑劣（ひれつ）なやつです。
He is a mean fellow.
彼（かれ）はなんと卑劣（ひれつ）な男（おとこ）だろう。
What a mean fellow he is!
敗北（はいぼく）や失敗（しっぱい）は人間（にんげん）を非常（ひじょう）に卑屈（ひくつ）にする。
Defeat and failure make people too humble.
卑屈（ひくつ）な奴（やつ）。
Don't be a dog.