鄙

bǐ
#2,505 most
frequent character
rustic, low, base, mean, to despise

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

鄙 shows 啚 a grain store outside the walls and ⻏ a city. Together they give the first meaning, a district in Zhōu times. 啚 also supplies the sound. The meaning grew to the outer, poorer part of a district, then low or base, and to despise.

Drawn as: grain storage outside walls; city, state

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Homophones

HSK 2
比bǐ
"(particle used for comparison and ""-er than"")
笔bǐ
pen
彼bǐ
that, those, (one) another

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