鄙

鄙 U+9119, 鄙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9119 ← 鄘 [U+9118] CJK Unified Ideographs 鄚 → [U+911A]

鄙 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田弓中 (RWNL), four-corner 6762₇, composition ⿰啚阝)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1276, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39597
• Dae Jaweon: page 1776, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3792, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9119

trad.		鄙
simp. #		鄙
2nd round simp.		𨚍
alternative forms		啚

Originally written 啚.

Now ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯʔ) : phonetic 啚 (OC *prɯʔ, *daː, “border town”) + 邑 (“city”) – border town.

鄙

1. mean; ignoble; low

   鄙陋  ―  bǐlòu  ―  shallow

   • 肉食者鄙，未能遠謀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肉食者鄙，未能远谋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu. [Pinyin]

     Those who eat meat are base and unable to make long-range plans.

2. (humble) my
3. (literary) to despise; to hold in contempt

   • 我皆有禮，夫猶鄙我。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我皆有礼，夫犹鄙我。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Wǒ jiē yǒulǐ, fū yóu bǐ wǒ. [Pinyin]

     Even if we all maintain ritual propriety, they still scorn us.

4. (literary) countryside; country; border town

   • 昔者聖王之治其民也，參其國而伍其鄙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昔者圣王之治其民也，参其国而伍其鄙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Xīzhě shèngwáng zhī zhì qí mín yě, sān qí guó ér wǔ qí bǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (literary) remote place; march

   • 既而大叔命西鄙、北鄙貳於己。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     既而大叔命西鄙、北鄙贰于己。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Jì'ér tàishú mìng xī bǐ, běi bǐ èr yú jǐ. [Pinyin]

     Shorty thereafter, the Senior Younger Brother commanded the western and northern marches to switch their allegiance to him.

• (despise): 蔑 (miè), 藐 (miǎo)

• (antonym(s) of “despise”): 敬 (jìng), 尊 (zūn), 崇 (chóng)

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひな (hina, 鄙)、ひなぶ (hinabu, 鄙ぶ)、ひなびる (hinabiru, 鄙びる)、さげすむ (sagesumu, 鄙む)、いやしい (iyashii, 鄙しい)、かたなむ (katanamu, 鄙む)、とひと (tohito)

• (countrified): 辺(へん)鄙(ぴ) (henpi)

Kanji in this term
鄙
とひと Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Originally a compound of 外 (to, “outside”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”). The kanji used is an example of jukujikun.

• IPA^(key): [to̞çito̞]

鄙(とひと) • (tohito) 

1. (archaic, derogatory) a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

鄙 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

1. mean
2. low

鄙: Hán Nôm readings: bỉ, bẽ

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