rustic

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and ⻏ represents the meaning. Originally written as .

Components
啚 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

remote place

⻏ meaning component

  Meaning component

  

city

Evolution

鄙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鄙 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
鄙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鄙 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鄙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

mean; low; rustic; base; to despise; to scorn

Most common words with 鄙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卑鄙

base

鄙视

to despise

low

鄙人

I

鄙夷

to despise