# 卑 despicable

(villain) + (numeral4)
★☆☆☆☆
9 strokes

## Onyomi

HI |

## Mnemonic

| HE's such a despicable villain, he spit in 4 of my rice fields!!

## Kunyomi

いや*しい | foul, trifling,low, despicable - not used trivially. Used about child molesters and such.. Often used like this: 'XXXに いやしい',where XXX is the thing he's a dick about. ★★☆☆☆
いや＊しむべき | contemptable, despicable　(literally, "ought to be despised.") ☆☆☆☆☆
いや＊しめる | to despise someone. This is where it gets tricky. Only a bully or a dick いやしめるs someone.i.e. "Ha ha your parents got divorced!" or something.　I guess you could say, "Don't いやしめる or you will become いやしい." ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

卑怯(ひきょう) な | treacherous coward ★☆☆☆☆ 卑 (despicable) + 怯 (get afeared) = 卑怯 (treacherous coward) not just a coward ,but someone who does treacherous, trifling bullshit because they're a coward - like if they fight you they know they can't win fairly so they'll knee your groin, they're a 卑怯なmotherfucker.
卑下(ひげ) する | put yourself down ☆☆☆☆☆ 卑 (despicable) + 下 (below) = 卑下 (put yourself down) to put yourself down (BOOBOO: only used when talking to others - mumbling "I suck!" to yourself doesn't count for some reason)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
昇 | ascend | SUN | 日
弁 | dialect | MOOCOW | ム
卑 | despicable | VILLAIN |

The SUN ascends every DAY,

but the MOOCOW'S dialect is hard to say.

the VILLAIN is , of course, despicable.

## Used In

- 痺

## Synonyms

coward 腰抜け 意気地なし 卑怯な
detest 侮る 嫌がる 憎しみ 憎らしい 卑しめる いやしむべき 忌み嫌う 忌まわしい 卑しむ
obscene 猥褻 卑猥 エロイなぁ～