賎 = 㦮 + 貝

賎 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “despicable”. It is built from 㦮 (float) and 貝 (shellfish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2765.

Keyword: despicable
RTK frame: 2765
Strokes: 13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セン, ゼン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): いや.しい, いや.しむ, いや.しめる, しず, やす.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: despise, презренный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 賎 mean

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 賎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “float” + “shellfish”. 賎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 賎 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.