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貶 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
ヘンへん · hen
Kun
けな.す・おとし.める・おと.すkena.su · otoshi.meru · oto.su
Meaning
to disparage

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Shell-money 貝 with 扁 as phonetic: to lower the value of, hence to disparage.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 貶めるおとしめる

    to disparage

  • 貶損へんそん

    belittling

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

人(ひと)を貶(おとし)めて自(みずか)らを高(たか)くする。

They belittle others to raise themselves.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

貶損貶損loss貽to bes…賈to tra…貲wealth賚to bes…賺to coa…扁flat旛banner騙to dec…辮to bra…片one si…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading ヘンAll maps

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