Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2003 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: lowly, base, vile, vulgar

Kunyomi: いや.しい いや.しむ いや.しめる

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: ten, complete

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ヒレツ mean, contemptible, despicable, dirty, foul, cowardly, base

ヒキョウ cowardly, craven, unfair, mean, sneaky, dirty, dastardly

男尊女 ダンソンジョヒ male domination of women, male chauvinism, subjection of women

ヤヒ vulgar, mean, base, coarse, crude

Kunyomi Examples

しい いやしい lowborn, humble, lowly, vulgar, coarse, crude, mean, base, vile, shabby, greedy, gluttonous, avaricious

しい生まれ いやしいうまれ lowborn, of humble birth

しむ いやしむ to despise, to disdain, to scorn, to hold in contempt, to look down on

しむべき いやしむべき despicable

しめる いやしめる to demean, to despise, to treat with contempt, to abase