黔けん黎れいけんれいじ字FuriganaMeanings1nouncommoners; the masses; peasantryarchaicArchaic literary term for ordinary people, especially in classical Chinese-influenced contexts. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or poetic writing.古こ典てんでは「黔けん黎れい」は庶しょ民みんを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた