to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate
贬
=
乏
+
贝
:
Every day in the evening the Brunhilde (bi) gets ready to go to bed she puts her futon (乏) on the ground of the anthill (an3) carelessly and crushes a few crabs (贝) when she jumps on her futon, thereby diminishing (贬) the total available currency (贝) in the local economy.
乏
=
丿
+
之
:
A futon. Frankenstein's monster just entered the ashram and finds a futon. Tired as he his, he immediately goes to bed, covers himself with a big banana peel and makes loud zZz sounds as he sleeps.
贝
=
⺆
+
人
:
Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.
Characters with 貶 as component
貶
is not used as a component in another character.