| 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 grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 語 【ゴ】 word, language, speech
- 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
- 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
- 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word
Kun reading compounds
- 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
- 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
- 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
Readings
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- palabra
- discurso
- lenguaje
- hablar
- conversar
- narrar
Portuguese
- palavra
- discurso
- língua
French
- langage
- mot
- raconter
| 209 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 112 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 274 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 231 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 87 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2136 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 67 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 67 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 154 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1685 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1944 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1040 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1402 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 353 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35533 | Morohashi |
| 1543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5628 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 347 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 371 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 211 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 231 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 0166.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a9e | Unicode hex code |