Chinese Character Wiki

貶

biǎn

decrease

To devalue 乏 currency 貝

Components
貝 meaning component

貝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

乏 meaning component

乏  Meaning component

fá

  

lack

Evolution

貶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
貶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
貶 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
貶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

贬 (貶) 

biǎn

decrease, lower; censure, criticize; to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate

Most common words with 貶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贬低

to belittle

贬值

to devaluate

贬

to diminish

贬义

derogatory sense

褒贬

to appraise

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p(r)[o]mʔ

pjemX

biǎn

diminish

*pr[e]mʔ

pjemX

biǎn

diminish


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.6910% of movies

2876th most common character in movies

2536th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

贬

Unicode

U+8CB6

Shuowen

“貶，損也。从貝，从乏。”


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