卑 despicable

(villain) + (numeral4)
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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.
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いや*しむべき contemptable, despicable (literally, "ought to be despised.")
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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."
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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.

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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~