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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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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 ). The shell and bone form evolved into 下, the character used today.

[edit] Han character

(radical 1 +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] 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale ha6, ha5)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Noun

(hiragana した, romaji shita)

  1. the below

[edit] Noun

(hiragana しも, romaji shimo)

  1. lower portion, end

[edit] Noun

(hiragana もと, romaji moto)

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

[edit] Suffix

(hiragana , romaji ka)

  1. under a situation

[edit] Noun

(hiragana , romaji ge)

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

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

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

[edit] References


[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin xià (xià), Wade-Giles hsia4)

[edit] Verb

(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

(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

(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

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin xià)

  1. used when counting time

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

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


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(hạ)