鄙
lowly, the country, the countryside, be countrified
Readings
On'yomi
- ヒ
Kun'yomi
- ひな
- ひな.びる
- いや.しい
Meaning
鄙 centers on a sense of rustic, unsophisticated lowliness: the countryside, being countrified, or something considered lowly or crude.
Most common words using 鄙
- 辺鄙へんぴ
hard to reach place; remote place
- 鄙びるひなびる
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
- 鄙ひな
countryside; rural areas
- 都鄙とひ
town and country
- 鄙びたひなびた
rustic; rural; countrified
- 鄙人ひなびと
countryfolk; villager; provincial
- 鄙懐ひかい
one's own thought; one's own idea
- 鄙振りひなぶり
appearing rustic
- 鄙歌ひなうた
folk song
- 鄙言ひげん
vulgar expression; vulgarism; language used in rural areas
- 鄙諺ひげん
vulgar proverb; popular saying
- 鄙離るひなさかる
to be far away from the city; to be remote
Study
Etymology
鄙 combines 啚 (likely a phonetic component with a meaning related to a granary or storehouse) and ⻏ (village). The compound suggests a remote, rustic settlement, hence the meanings of countryside and lowliness.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 啚 looks like a humble storehouse, and the right side ⻏ is a village. Picture a simple, countrified village with a lowly granary, far from the city.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒ, imagine a rustic villager saying 'Hee-haw!' like a donkey, emphasizing the countrified, lowly feel: hee -> ヒ.