下

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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 5.2.1 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

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

下 (pinyin xià (xia4), Wade-Giles hsia⁴)

[edit] Compounds

下笔如有神 (下筆如有神)

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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)