| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 怯弱 【キョウジャク】 coward
- 怯懦 【キョウダ】 cowardice
Kun reading compounds
- 怯む 【ひるむ】 to falter, to flinch (from), to recoil (from), to quail (at), to be intimidated, to feel daunted, to be discouraged, to hesitate
- 怯える 【おびえる】 to become frightened, to be frightened (of), to be scared (of)
- 怯える 【おびえる】 to become frightened, to be frightened (of), to be scared (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- geob
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1661 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 355 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 10491 | Morohashi |
| 1816 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2275 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2374 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4k5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 9403.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 602f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
- 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
- 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender
Kun reading compounds
- 者 【もの】 person
- 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
- 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
- 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- alguém
- pessoa
French
- personne
- quelqu'un
| 235 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 314 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 298 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 22 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3685 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 56 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 148 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1578 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3980 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2047 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1264 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28852 | Morohashi |
| 3211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4698 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1256 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1345 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 19 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 302 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c4.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8005 | Unicode hex code |