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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.2 Noun 3.3 Noun 3.4 Noun 3.5 Suffix 3.6 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 References 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Verb 5.4 Adjective 5.5 Preposition 5.6 Measure word 5.7 Compounds 6 Min Nan 6.1 Hanzi 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

下 in its shell and bone form is an ideogram (指事) that shows the concept of down by showing one line below another (contrast 上). The shell and bone form evolved into 下, the character used today.

[edit] Han character

下 (radical 1 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一卜 (MY), four-corner 1023₀)

1. under, underneath, below
2. down
3. inferior
4. bring down

[edit] Antonyms

• 上, 丄

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 76, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14
• Dae Jaweon: page 147, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 7, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E0B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

下 (Yale ha6, ha5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

下 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: か (ka), げ (ge)
• Kun: した (shita), しも (shimo), もと (moto), さがる (下がる, sagaru), さげる (下げる, sageru), くだる (下る, kudaru), くだす (下す, kudasu), くださる (下さる, kudasaru), おりる (下りる, oriru), おろす (下ろす, orosu)

[edit] Compounds

• 下限 (かげん, kagen)
• 下弦 (かげん, kagen)
• 下降 (かこう, kakou)
• 下剋上 (げこくじょう, gekokujō)
• 下車 (げしゃ, gesha)
• 下種、下衆、下司 (げす, gesu)
• 下駄 (げた, geta)
• 下痢 (げり, geri)
• 上下巻
• 上中下巻

[edit] Noun

下 (hiragana した, romaji shita)

1. the below

[edit] Noun

下 (hiragana しも, romaji shimo)

1. lower portion, end

[edit] Noun

下 (hiragana もと, romaji moto)

1. lower portion; base
2. under the influence of

[edit] Suffix

下 (hiragana か, romaji ka)

1. under a situation

[edit] Noun

下 (hiragana げ, romaji ge)

1. the last volume in a two- or three-volume set

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

下
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 하 (revised: ha, McCune-Reischauer: ha)

• Name (hangeul): 아래 (revised: alae, McCune-Reischauer: arae)

[edit] References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 下

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

下

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Hanzi

下 (pinyin xià (xià), Wade-Giles hsia⁴)

[edit] Verb

下 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xià)

1. to go down

   下船 cmn(cmn) (xiàchuán)

   to disembark from a boat

   下樓 cmn(cmn), 下楼 cmn(cmn) (xiàlóu)

   to go downstairs

   下山 cmn(cmn) (xiàshān)

   to go down the mountain

   走下 cmn(cmn) (zǒuxià)

   to walk down

2. to get out of

   下床 cmn(cmn) (xiàchuáng)

   to get out of bed

1. to fall down

   落下 cmn(cmn) (luòxià)

   to fall down

   下雪 cmn(cmn) (xiàxuě)

   to snow

   下雨 cmn(cmn) (xiàyǔ)

   to rain

1. to issue

   下令 cmn(cmn) (xiàlìng)

   to issue an order

1. to put in

   下面條 cmn(cmn), 下面条 cmn(cmn) (xiàmiàntiáo)

   to put noodles into boiling water

1. to give

1. to begin

   下筆 cmn(cmn), 下笔 cmn(cmn) (xiàbǐ)

   to start writing

1. to finish

   下班 cmn(cmn) (xiàbān)

   to get off work

   下课 cmn(cmn) (xiàkè)

   to finish class

1. to give birth (as an animal)

   下豬仔 cmn(cmn), 下猪仔 cmn(cmn) (xiàzhūzǎi)

   to have piglets

1. to lay

   下蛋 cmn(cmn) (xiàdàn)

   to lay eggs

1. used after a verb to express height

1. used after a verb to express space

1. used after a verb to express the separation of an object

1. used after a verb to express the end of an action

[edit] Adjective

下 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xià)

1. low

   下層 cmn(cmn), 下层 cmn(cmn) (xiàcéng)

   lower level

1. inferior

   下品 cmn(cmn) (xiàpǐn)

   inferior products

1. next

   下次 cmn(cmn) (xiàcì)

   next time

[edit] Preposition

下 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xià)

1. under

   樹下 cmn(cmn), 树下 cmn(cmn) (shùxià)

   under the tree

   在些個條件下 cmn(cmn), 在这些条件下 cmn(cmn) (zài zhèxiē tiáojiàn xià)

   under these conditions

1. down

   樓下 cmn(cmn), 楼下 cmn(cmn) (lóuxià)

   downstairs

1. with

   在朋友的幫助下 cmn(cmn), 在朋友的帮助下 cmn(cmn) (zài péngyou de bāngzhù xià)

   with help from friends

[edit] Measure word

下 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xià)

1. used when counting time

[edit] Compounds

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

下 (POJ ē (e⁷), hā (ha⁷), kē (ke⁷), hē (he⁷))

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

下 (hạ)