卑 lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise 9 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #2003 in newspapers Readings Onヒ Kunいや.しい、いや.しむ、いや.しめる Words written with it 卑怯 ひきょう cowardly N2 卑しい いやしい lowborn N1 卑劣 ひれつ mean 卑屈 ひくつ servile 男尊女卑 だんそんじょひ male domination of women 卑下 ひげ self-abasement