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Kentei exam level 1

despise, low-life, poverty

Kun'yomi
  • いやしい
  • いやしむ
  • いやしめる
  • しず
  • やす
On'yomi
  • セン
  • ゼン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

センゼン 100.0%

Character Breakdown

despise, low-life, poverty
セン いや.しい しず (Kentei 1)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
damage(戔) variant
damage(戔) variant
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)

Common Words

low birth ②lowly
poor and lowly
low or mean occupation
untouchable (of India's caste system)
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References

Unicode hex code 8CCE
JIS X 0208 1-33-8
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4505
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5796
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2735
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2765
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7b8.3
Four corner code 6385.3