下

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See also 丅, and 卞

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[edit] Translingual

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Stroke order
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[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. (See earlier forms here.)

[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

[edit] See also

  • 氐 (also means “down” in some uses)

[edit] References

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

下 (Yale ha6, ha5)

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

下 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

[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

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

下
Eumhun:

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

[edit] References

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
下

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Verb

下 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xià)

  1. to go down
    下船 (cmn) (xiàchuán)
    to disembark from a boat
    下樓 (cmn), 下楼 (cmn) (xiàlóu)
    to go downstairs
    下山 (cmn) (xiàshān)
    to go down the mountain
    走下 (cmn) (zǒuxià)
    to walk down
  2. to get out of
    下床 (cmn) (xiàchuáng)
    to get out of bed
  1. to fall down
    落下 (cmn) (luòxià)
    to fall down
    下雪 (cmn) (xiàxuě)
    to snow
    下雨 (cmn) (xiàyǔ)
    to rain
  1. to issue
    下令 (cmn) (xiàlìng)
    to issue an order
  1. to put in
    下面條 (cmn), 下面条 (cmn) (xiàmiàntiáo)
    to put noodles into boiling water
  1. to give
  1. to begin
    下筆 (cmn), 下笔 (cmn) (xiàbǐ)
    to start writing
  1. to finish
    下班 (cmn) (xiàbān)
    to get off work
    下课 (cmn) (xiàkè)
    to finish class
  1. to give birth (as an animal)
    下豬仔 (cmn), 下猪仔 (cmn) (xiàzhūzǎi)
    to have piglets
  1. to lay
    下蛋 (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), 下层 (cmn) (xiàcéng)
    lower level
  1. inferior
    下品 (cmn) (xiàpǐn)
    inferior products
  1. next
    下次 (cmn) (xiàcì)
    next time

[edit] Preposition

下 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xià)

  1. under
    樹下 (cmn), 树下 (cmn) (shùxià)
    under the tree
    在些個條件下 (cmn), 在这些条件下 (cmn) (zài zhèxiē tiáojiàn xià)
    under these conditions
  1. down
    樓下 (cmn), 楼下 (cmn) (lóuxià)
    downstairs
  1. with
    在朋友的幫助下 (cmn), 在朋友的帮助下 (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

Compounds

[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

下 (hạ)

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