賤

See also: 贱, and 賎

賤	U+8CE4, 賤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CE4

← 賣
[U+8CE3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

賥 →
[U+8CE5]

Translingual

Traditional	賤
Shinjitai (extended)	賎
Simplified	贱

Han character

賤 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈戈 (BCII), four-corner 6385₃, composition ⿰貝戔)

Derived Characters

㰄濺(溅) 𫻔𬚂𥜤

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 35
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36826
Dae Jaweon: page 1675, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3647, character 5
Unihan data for U+8CE4

Chinese

trad.		賤
simp.		贱
alternative forms		賎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
殘	zlaːn, zaːns
戔	*zlaːn
帴	zlaːn, saːns, ʔslenʔ, ʔsleːn, *sreːd
虥	zreːn, zreːn, zreːnʔ, zraːns
盞	*ʔsreːnʔ
醆	ʔsreːnʔ, ʔljenʔ
琖	*ʔsreːnʔ
剗	*sʰreːnʔ
棧	zreːnʔ, zraːns, *zrenʔ
輚	zreːnʔ, zraːns
嶘	*zreːnʔ
錢	ʔslenʔ, zlen
俴	ʔslenʔ, zlenʔ
籛	ʔslenʔ, ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
淺	sʰlenʔ, ʔsleːn
濺	ʔsens, ʔseːn
踐	*zlenʔ
諓	zlenʔ, zlens
餞	zlenʔ, zlens
賤	*zlens
綫	*slens
箋	*ʔsleːn
牋	*ʔsleːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zlens) : semantic 貝 + phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җян (ži͡an, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhien
Eastern Min (BUC): ciêng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiān / chōaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zuan⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴
  - Yale: jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җян (ži͡an, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zin⁶
  - Yale: jihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhien
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiān
  - Tâi-lô: tsiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /t͡siɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvoa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /t͡suã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suã³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuan⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sũã¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhi
  - MiniDict: zhi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²³/

Middle Chinese: dzjenH

Rime
Character	賤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	才線切
Baxter	dzjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zian^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛn^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz][a][n]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*zlens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賤
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjen^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz][a][n]-s/
English	cheap; low, mean
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賤
Reading #	1/1
No.	6008
Phonetic component	戔
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	賤
Old Chinese	/*zlens/

Definitions

賤

cheap; inexpensive
lowly; low-ranking; poor; plebeian
bad; inferior; poor
mean; base; despicable; obnoxious
(colloquial, derogatory) mean, bitchy, annoying
(humble) my
賤姓李。／贱姓李。 ― Jiàn xìng Lǐ. ― My surname is Li.
(Min) naughty; restless
to look down upon; to despise
to hate; to detest
a surname: Jian

Synonyms

(cheap):

Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	便宜, 賤
	Taiwan	便宜
	Harbin	便宜, 賤
	Malaysia	便宜
	Singapore	便宜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	便宜, 賤
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	便宜, 賤
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	便宜, 賤
	Wanrong	便宜, 賤
	Xi'an	便宜, 賤
	Xining	便宜
	Xuzhou	便宜, 賤
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	便宜
	Lanzhou	便宜
	Ürümqi	便宜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	相因, 便宜
	Wuhan	便宜, 相因
	Guiyang	相因
	Liuzhou	便宜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	便宜
	Yangzhou	便宜, 划廉
	Nantong	便宜
	Hefei	巧, 便宜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	平
	Hong Kong	平
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	平
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	平
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	平
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	平
	Macau	平
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	平
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	平
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	平
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	平
	Foshan	平
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	平
	Foshan (Shunde)	平
	Foshan (Sanshui)	平
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	便宜, 平
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	平
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	平
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	平
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	平
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	平
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	平
	Taishan	平
	Kaiping (Chikan)	平
	Enping (Niujiang)	平
	Heshan (Yayao)	平
	Dongguan	平
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	平
	Qingyuan	平
	Fogang	平
	Yingde (Hanguang)	平
	Yangshan	平, 便宜
	Lianshan (Butian)	平
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	平宜
	Shaoguan	平
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	平
	Renhua	平, 抵得
	Lechang	平
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	平
	Sihui	平
	Guangning	平枯
	Deqing	平
	Huaiji	平
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	平
	Yunfu	平
	Xinxing	平
	Luoding	平
	Yunan (Pingtai)	平
	Yangjiang	平, 平宜
	Nanning	平
	Yulin	平
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	平
	Singapore (Guangfu)	平
Gan	Nanchang	便宜
	Lichuan	便宜
	Pingxiang	便宜
Hakka	Meixian	便宜, 平
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	便宜, 平
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	平
	Boluo (Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	平
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	平
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	平
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	便宜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	便宜, 平
	Wuhua (Changbu)	平
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	便宜
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	便宜
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	平, 便宜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	便宜
	Jiexi	便宜
	Yudu	便宜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	便宜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	便宜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	便宜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	便宜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	便宜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	便宜
	Hong Kong	平
	Sabah (Longchuan)	便宜
	Senai (Huiyang)	便宜
	Singkawang	便宜
Huizhou	Jixi	便宜
Jin	Taiyuan	便宜, 賤
Jin	Xinzhou	便宜, 賤
Northern Min	Jian'ou	便宜
	Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)	便宜
	Songxi	便宜
	Zhenghe	便宜
	Shunchang (Yangdun)	平
	Jianyang	平
	Wuyishan	平
	Pucheng (Shibei)	便宜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	便宜, 賤
Eastern Min	Matsu	便宜
Southern Min	Xiamen	俗, 便宜
	Quanzhou	俗, 便宜
	Zhangzhou	俗, 便宜
	Taipei	俗
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	俗
	Kaohsiung	俗
	Yilan	俗, 便宜
	Changhua (Lukang)	俗
	Taichung	俗
	Taichung (Wuqi)	俗
	Tainan	俗
	Taitung	俗
	Hsinchu	俗
	Kinmen	俗
	Penghu (Magong)	俗, 便宜
	Penang (Hokkien)	便宜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偏
	Manila (Hokkien)	俗
	Chaozhou	便
	Shantou	便
	Jieyang	便
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	便
	Singapore (Teochew)	便
	Wenchang	便宜
	Haikou	便宜
	Qionghai	便宜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	便宜
Puxian Min	Putian	相因
Puxian Min	Xianyou	相因
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	平
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	平
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	平
Wu	Shanghai	便宜, 𠼢
	Shanghai (Chongming)	便宜, 𠼢
	Suzhou	便宜, 𠼢
	Danyang	便宜, 賤
	Hangzhou	便宜, 𠼢
	Ningbo	便宜, 𠼢
	Wenzhou	鬆, 便宜
	Jinhua	便宜, 賤
Xiang	Changsha	便宜
	Loudi	便宜
	Shuangfeng	便宜, 賤

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “cheap”): 貴／贵 (guì)

Hypernyms

低 (dī)

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	賎
Kyūjitai	賤

Kanji

賤

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賎)

Readings

Go-on: ぜん (zen)
Kan-on: せん (sen)
Kun: いやしい (iyashī, 賤しい)、いやしむ (iyashimu, 賤しむ)、いやしめる (iyashimeru, 賤しめる)、しず (shizu, 賤)、ひくい (hikui, 賤い)、やすい (yasui, 賤い)

Korean

Hanja

賤 • (cheon) (hangeul 천)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賤: Hán Nôm readings: tiện

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