The Chinese Radical: 卑


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vulgar, low, base    卑

Explanation Normally, the character for field 田 should be drawn neatly. But if it is "scribble" like this, it is tenfold: vulgar.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
beer

Left: mouth 口, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
For the mouth, the vulgar (drink) is: beer.  
JLPT HSK 4
signboard, plate, tablet, playing cards
pái
Left: part/fragment 片 (tree, halved vertically), right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
A simple fragment is vulgar, but still can be used as signboard.  
JLPT HSK 4
spleen

Left: body part 月/肉, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar)
The body part with the vulgar task (of immune defense) is the spleen.  
JLPT HSK 6
vulgar, low, base, inferior, humble
bēi
From top: accent ノ, field 田 (unclean drawn), ten 十
I emphasize ノ that an unclean field is tenfold vulgar.  
JLPT HSK 6
stele, an upright stone tablet, a monument
bēi
Left: stone 石, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar)
A stone regarded as ignoble is the stele.  
JLPT no HSK
maid servant, slave girl

Left: woman 女, vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
The woman which is vulgar/low is: the maid servant.  
JLPT no HSK
to cause, to enable, phonetic bi

Left: person 亻, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
The person behaves vulgarly and wants to cause something.  

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