| 1727 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2041 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 221 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1795 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1110 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 976 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1521 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1622 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1770 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 248 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3270 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1688 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2295 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1525 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2738X | Morohashi |
| 2642 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 618 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1511 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1629 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1235 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2003 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卑劣 【ヒレツ】 mean, contemptible, despicable, dirty, foul, cowardly, base
- 卑怯 【ヒキョウ】 cowardly, craven, unfair, mean, sneaky, dirty, dastardly
- 男尊女卑 【ダンソンジョヒ】 male domination of women, male chauvinism, subjection of women
- 野卑 【ヤヒ】 vulgar, mean, base, coarse, crude
Kun reading compounds
- 卑しい 【いやしい】 lowborn, humble, lowly, vulgar, coarse, crude, mean, base, vile, despicable, dirty, unfair, shabby, poor-looking, greedy, gluttonous, avaricious
- 卑しい生まれ 【いやしいうまれ】 lowborn, of humble birth
- 卑しむ 【いやしむ】 to despise, to disdain, to scorn, to hold in contempt, to look down on
- 卑しむべき 【いやしむべき】 despicable
- 卑しめる 【いやしめる】 to demean, to despise, to treat with contempt, to abase
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- humilde
- vulgar
- vil
- despreciable
- despreciar
- desdeñar
Portuguese
- humilde
- ordinário
- vil
- vulgar
French
- humble
- ignoble
- vil
- vulgaire
| 855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2640.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5351 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 劣 【レツ】 sub-, inferior, minor
- 劣悪 【レツアク】 poor (quality, conditions, etc.), bad, inferior, poor-quality
- 卑劣 【ヒレツ】 mean, contemptible, despicable, dirty, foul, cowardly, base
- 拙劣 【セツレツ】 clumsy, unskillful
Kun reading compounds
- 劣る 【おとる】 to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeol
Spanish
- debilidad
- inferioridad
- mala calidad
- ser inferior
- ser peor
Portuguese
- inferioridade
- está inferiorizado
- piorar
French
- infériorité
- inférieur à
- être moins bon que
| 1928 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1580 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 185 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1324 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1100 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1150 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1203 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1153 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 210 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3047 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1553 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2124 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 870 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2302 | Morohashi |
| 2395 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 524 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 862 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 926 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1062 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1145 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n3.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 9042.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 52a3 | Unicode hex code |
Sino-, China
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
1487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 漢 【カン】 China, Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE), Han (majority Chinese ethnic group), man
- 漢字 【カンジ】 kanji, Chinese character
- 巨漢 【キョカン】 giant
- 門外漢 【モンガイカン】 outsider, layman, amateur
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はん
- Korean:
- han
Spanish
- antigua región de China
- China
- hombre
Portuguese
- Sino-
- China
French
- sino-
- Chine
| 572 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 265 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 442 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1394 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2662 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 401 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 212 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1860 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 556 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 565 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 527 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1230 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 808 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 471 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 602 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1592 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18068P | Morohashi |
| 657 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1578 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1701 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 418 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3413.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f22 | Unicode hex code |