卑

be̅i = b + ei1

low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble

卑 = 白 + 丿 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: the Alps, 阿尔卑斯.

Beelzebub (b) was racing to arrive at the top of the Alps (卑) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1), but he slips on a banana peel (丿), tumbles all the way back to the foot of the mountain and has to wave his white flag (白) as another team sets up their cross (十) on the Alps. At the bottom of the Alps, Beelzebub feels extremely humble (卑) as he watches the huge mountains.

卑 character breakdown

卑
- 丿
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 白
  - 丶
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

白

bái = b + ai2

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).

Characters with 卑 as component

稗

粺

bài = b + ai4

polished rice / old variant of 稗[bai4]

颦

顰

pín = pi + (e)n2

to scowl / to knit the brows

捭

bò = b + o4

variant of 擘[bo4] / to separate / to split

捭

bǎi = b + ai3

to spread out / to open

椑

be̅i = b + ei1

Fagus sylvatica

猈

bà = b + a4

dog with short shinbone

睥

bì = bi + Ø4

look askance

萆

bì = bi + Ø4

castor seed

豍

bi̅ = bi + Ø1

pea (Pisum sativum)

錍

pi̅ = pi + Ø1

flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2]

鼙

pí = pi + Ø2

drum carried on horseback

Words with 卑

卑

be̅i

尔

爾

ěr

根

ge̅n

Bergen

不

bù

卑

be̅i

不

bù

亢

kàng

neither servile nor overbearing (idiom) / neither obsequious nor supercilious

卑

be̅i

之

zhi̅

，

毋

wú

甚

shèn

高

ga̅o

论

論

lùn

my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary

卑

be̅i

之

zhi̅

，

无

無

wú

甚

shèn

高

ga̅o

论

論

lùn

my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary

卑

be̅i

卑

be̅i

不

bù

足

zú

道

dào

to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom)

卑