Chinese Character Wiki

贬

biǎn

decrease

To devalue 乏 currency 贝

Components
贝 meaning component

贝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

乏 meaning component

乏  Meaning component

fá

  

lack

Evolution

贬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
贬 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贬 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 贬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贬低

to belittle

贬值

to devaluate

贬

to diminish

贬义

derogatory sense

褒贬

to appraise

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

8

Traditional

貶

Unicode

U+8D2C


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