# 賤

| 賤 | U+8CE4, &#36068; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CE4 |
| ← 賣 [U+8CE3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 賥 → [U+8CE5] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 賤 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 賎 |
| Simplified | 贱 |

### Han character

賤 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈戈 (BCII), four-corner 6385$_3$, composition ⿰貝戔)

#### Derived Characters

* 㰄 濺(溅) 𫻔 𬚂 𥜤

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 35
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36826
* Dae Jaweon: page 1675, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3647, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8CE4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 殘 | *zlaːn, *zaːns |
| 戔 | *zlaːn |
| 帴 | *zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd |
| 虥 | *zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns |
| 盞 | *ʔsreːnʔ |
| 醆 | *ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ |
| 琖 | *ʔsreːnʔ |
| 剗 | *sʰreːnʔ |
| 棧 | *zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ |
| 輚 | *zreːnʔ, *zraːns |
| 嶘 | *zreːnʔ |
| 錢 | *ʔslenʔ, *zlen |
| 俴 | *ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ |
| 籛 | *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn |
| 淺 | *sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn |
| 濺 | *ʔsens, *ʔseːn |
| 踐 | *zlenʔ |
| 諓 | *zlenʔ, *zlens |
| 餞 | *zlenʔ, *zlens |
| 賤 | *zlens |
| 綫 | *slens |
| 箋 | *ʔsleːn |
| 牋 | *ʔsleːn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlens): semantic 貝 + phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiàn (jian$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җян (ži͡an, III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zin$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhien
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciêng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zeng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiān / chōaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zuan$^7$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$zhi / $^6$zie / $^6$jien
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^4$
*** Yale: jyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җян (ži͡an, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^6$
*** Yale: jihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhien
*** Hakka Romanization System: qien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciêng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siɛŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiān
*** Tâi-lô: tsiān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cien
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /t͡siɛn²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsuānn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvoa
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /t͡suã²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suã³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zuan$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuāⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sũã¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zhi
*** MiniDict: zhi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$xxi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zie
*** MiniDict: zie$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zɪ²³¹/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$jien
*** MiniDict: jien$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑiẽ̞¹¹³/
* Middle Chinese: dzjenH
Rime :
| Character | 賤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 才線切 |
| Baxter | dzjenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯ɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz][a][n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zlens/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 賤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzjen$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz][a][n]-s/ |
| English | cheap; low, mean |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 賤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6008 |
| Phonetic component | 戔 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 賤 |
| Old Chinese | /*zlens/ |

### Definitions

賤
* cheap; inexpensive
* lowly; low-ranking; poor; plebeian
* bad; inferior; poor
* mean; base; despicable; obnoxious
* (colloquial, derogatory) mean, bitchy, annoying
* (humble) my
    賤姓李。／贱姓李。 ― Jiàn xìng Lǐ. ― My surname is Li.
* (Min) naughty; restless
* to look down upon; to despise
* to hate; to detest
* a surname, Jian

#### Synonyms

* (cheap):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 便宜, 低廉, 低賤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 便宜, 賤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 便宜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 便宜, 賤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 便宜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 便宜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 便宜, 賤 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 便宜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 便宜, 賤 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 便宜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 便宜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 便宜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 相因, 便宜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 便宜, 相因 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 相因 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 便宜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 便宜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 便宜, 划廉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 便宜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 巧, 便宜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 便宜, 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 平, 便宜 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 平宜 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 平, 抵得 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 平枯 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 平 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 平 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 平 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 平 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 平, 平宜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 平 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 平 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 便宜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 便宜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 便宜, 平 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 便宜, 平 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 平 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 平 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 平 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 平 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 便宜, 平 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 平 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 平 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 便宜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 便宜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 便宜, 賤 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 便宜, 賤 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Shunchang (Yangdun) | 平 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 平 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 平 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 便宜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 便宜, 賤 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 俗 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 便 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 便 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 便 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 便 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 便 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 便宜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 相因 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 相因 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 平 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 平 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 平 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 便宜, 賤 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鬆, 便宜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 便宜, 賤 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 便宜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 便宜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 便宜, 賤 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “cheap”): 貴／贵 (guì)

#### Hypernyms

* 低 (dī)

### Compounds

* 下賤 / 下贱 (xiàjiàn)
* 人離鄉賤 / 人离乡贱 (rénlíxiāngjiàn)
* 低賤 / 低贱 (dījiàn)
* 卑賤 / 卑贱 (bēijiàn)
* 厭賤 / 厌贱
* 壓良為賤 / 压良为贱
* 多賤寡貴 / 多贱寡贵
* 孤賤 / 孤贱
* 安貧樂賤 / 安贫乐贱
* 寒賤 / 寒贱
* 小賤 / 小贱
* 屨賤踊貴 / 屦贱踊贵
* 微賤 / 微贱 (wēijiàn)
* 悴賤 / 悴贱
* 樂貧甘賤 / 乐贫甘贱
* 潑賤 / 泼贱
* 潑賤人 / 泼贱人
* 潑賤煙花 / 泼贱烟花
* 犯賤 / 犯贱 (fànjiàn)
* 猥賤 / 猥贱
* 瑣賤 / 琐贱
* 穀賤傷農 / 谷贱伤农
* 粗賤 / 粗贱
* 自輕自賤 / 自轻自贱 (zìqīngzìjiàn)
* 良賤 / 良贱 (liángjiàn)
* 薄賤 / 薄贱
* 討賤 / 讨贱
* 貧嘴賤舌 / 贫嘴贱舌
* 貧賤 / 贫贱 (pínjiàn)
* 貧賤之交 / 贫贱之交
* 貧賤之知 / 贫贱之知
* 貧賤交 / 贫贱交
* 貧賤糟糠 / 贫贱糟糠
* 貧賤驕人 / 贫贱骄人
* 貴不凌賤 / 贵不凌贱
* 貴古賤今 / 贵古贱今
* 貴耳賤目 / 贵耳贱目
* 貴賤 / 贵贱 (guìjiàn)
* 貴賤之別 / 贵贱之别
* 貴賤無二 / 贵贱无二
* 貴賤無常 / 贵贱无常
* 貴賤高下 / 贵贱高下
* 貴遠賤近 / 贵远贱近
* 賤丈夫 / 贱丈夫
* 賞不遺賤 / 赏不遗贱
* 賤事 / 贱事
* 賤人 / 贱人 (jiànrén)
* 賤價 / 贱价
* 賤內 / 贱内 (jiànnèi)
* 賤名 / 贱名
* 賤如糞土 / 贱如粪土
* 賤妾 / 贱妾 (jiànqiè)
* 賤婢 / 贱婢
* 賤役 / 贱役 (jiànyì)
* 賤息 / 贱息
* 賤恙 / 贱恙
* 賤才 / 贱才
* 賤斂貴出 / 贱敛贵出
* 賤斂貴發 / 贱敛贵发
* 賤格 / 贱格
* 賤業 / 贱业
* 賤民 / 贱民 (jiànmín)
* 賤物 / 贱物
* 賤視 / 贱视 (jiànshì)
* 賤稱 / 贱称 (jiànchēng)
* 賤累 / 贱累
* 賤貨 / 贱货 (jiànhuò)
* 賤貴窮通 / 贱贵穷通
* 賤買貴賣 / 贱买贵卖
* 賤賣 / 贱卖 (jiànmài)
* 賤軀 / 贱躯
* 賤造 / 贱造
* 賤降 / 贱降 (jiànjiàng)
* 賤骨頭 / 贱骨头
* 賤體 / 贱体
* 踊貴屨賤 / 踊贵屦贱
* 輕賤 / 轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
* 鄙賤 / 鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
* 隆古賤今 / 隆古贱今

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 賎 |
| Kyūjitai | 賤 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賎)
* cheap, worthless
* low-ranking, inferior, humble, plebeian
* to despise; to look down upon

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: いやしい (iyashī, 賤しい)、いやしむ (iyashimu, 賤しむ)、いやしめる (iyashimeru, 賤しめる)、しず (shizu, 賤)、ひくい (hikui, 賤い)、やすい (yasui, 賤い)

## Korean
### Hanja

賤 • (cheon) (hangeul 천)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

賤: Hán Nôm readings: tiện
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