Translingual [ edit ]
Stroke order
Stroke order
Han character [ edit ] 下 (radical 1, 一 +2, 3 strokes, cangjie input MY ), four-corner 10230 , composition 一 卜 )
References [ edit ] 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 Chinese [ edit ] Glyph origin [ edit ] 下 in its shell and bone form is an ideogram (指事 down below another (contrast 上 下 , the character used today.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Note :
ha4 - vernacular;
xia4 - literary. (Dungan
(Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.) Cantonese
Hakka
Min Bei
Min Dong
Min Nan
Note :
hā/hǎ/hēe - literary;
hē/hě/hēe/khē/khě, ē/ě/ēe, kē/kě/kēe (often replaced by 低 Note :
hia6 - literary;
ê6 - vernacular;
ê7 - classifier;
gê6 - “low, short”;
hê6 - “to put in, to start”. Wu
Note :
3hho - vernacular;
2xia - literary.
Variety
Location
下 (底下 )
下 (下 降)
下 (等一下 子)
Mandarin
Beijing
/ɕia⁵¹/ /ɕia⁵¹/ /ɕia⁵¹/
Harbin
/ɕia⁵³/ /ɕia⁵³/ /ɕia⁵³/
Tianjin
/ɕiɑ⁵³/ /ɕiɑ⁵³/ /ɕiɑ⁵³/
Jinan
/ɕia²¹/ /ɕia²¹/ /ɕia²¹/
Qingdao
/ɕia⁴²/ /ɕia⁴²/ /ɕia⁴²/
Zhengzhou
/ɕia³¹²/ /ɕia³¹²/ /ɕia³¹²/
Xi'an
/xa⁴⁴/ ～頭 /ɕia⁴⁴/ /xa⁴⁴/
Xining
/xa²¹³/ /ɕia²¹³/ /xa²¹³/
Yinchuan
/ɕia¹³/ /ɕia¹³/ /ɕia¹³/
Lanzhou
/xa¹³/ /ɕia¹³/ /xa¹³/
Ürümqi
/xa²¹³/ /ɕia²¹³/ /xa²¹³/
Wuhan
/ɕia³⁵/ /ɕia³⁵/ /ɕia³⁵/ /xa³⁵/
Chengdu
/ɕia¹³/ /ɕia¹³/ /xa¹³/
Guiyang
/xa²¹³/ /ɕia²¹³/ /ɕia²¹³/ /xa²¹³/
Kunming
/ɕia̠²¹²/ /ɕia̠²¹²/ /xa̠²¹²/
Nanjing
/ɕiɑ⁴⁴/ /ɕiɑ⁴⁴/ /ɕiɑ⁴⁴/
Hefei
/ɕia⁵³/ /ɕia⁵³/ /ɕia⁵³/
Jin
Taiyuan
/xa⁴⁵/ /ɕia⁴⁵/ /xa⁴⁵/ /ɕia⁴⁵/
Pingyao
/xɑ³⁵/ /xɑ³⁵/ /xɑ³⁵/
Hohhot
/ɕiaʔ⁰/ /ɕia⁵⁵/ /ɕia⁵⁵/
Wu
Shanghai
/ɦo²³/ /ɕia⁵³/ /ɦo²³/ /ɕia⁵³/ /ɕiɪʔ⁵/ (歇)
Suzhou
/ɦo³¹/ /ɦo³¹/
Hangzhou
/ɦiɑ¹³/ /ɦiɑ¹³/ /ɦiɑ¹³/
Wenzhou
/ɦo³⁵/ /ɦo²²/ /o⁴²/
Hui
Shexian
/ɕia²²/ /xa³⁵/ /ɕia²²/ /xa²²/ /xa²²/
Tunxi
/xɔ²⁴/ /xɔ²⁴/ /xɔ¹¹/
Xiang
Changsha
/xa¹¹/ /ɕia⁵⁵/ /ɕia¹¹/ /xa¹¹/
Xiangtan
/ɦɒ²¹/ /ɕiɒ²¹/ /ɦɒ²¹/
Gan
Nanchang
/hɑ²¹/ /hɑ²¹/ /hɑ²¹/
Hakka
Meixian
/ha⁴⁴/ /ha³¹/ /ha⁵³/
Taoyuan
/hɑ²⁴/ /hɑ⁵⁵/ /hɑ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
Guangzhou
/ha²²/ /ha²²/ /ha²³/
Nanning
/ha²⁴/ /ha²²/ /ha²²/
Hong Kong
/ha²²/ /ha²²/ /ha¹³/
Min
Xiamen (Min Nan)
/ha²²/ /ke²²/ /ha²²/ /ha²²/ /e²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong)
/ɑ²⁴²/ /kiɑ²⁴²/ /hɑ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei)
/tai²¹/ /a⁴²/ /xa⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan)
/e³⁵/ /hia³⁵/ /e³¹/
Haikou (Min Nan)
/ɛ³³/ /ɛ³³/ /ɛ²³/
Rime
Character
下 下
Reading #
1/2
2/2
Initial (聲 )
匣 匣
Final (韻 )
麻 麻
Tone (調 )
Rising (X)
Departing (H)
Openness (開合 )
Open
Open
Division (等 )
II
II
Fanqie 胡 雅 切胡 駕 切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
/ɦˠaX /
/ɦˠaH /
Pan
/ɦᵚaX /
/ɦᵚaH /
Shao
/ɣaX /
/ɣaH /
Edwin
/ɦaɨX /
/ɦaɨH /
Li
/ɣaX /
/ɣaH /
Wang
/ɣaX /
/ɣaH /
Bernard
/ɣaX /
/ɣaH /
Expected
xià
xià
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
下 下
Reading #
1/2
2/2
Modern
xià
xià
Middle
‹ hæX ›
‹ hæH ›
Old
/*ɡˤraʔ/
/*m-ɡˤraʔ-s/
English
down
descend
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
下 下
Reading #
1/2
2/2
No.
13445
13446
Phonetic
下 下
Rime
魚 魚
Rime
0
0
Corresponding
下 暇
Old
/*ɡraːʔ/
/*ɡraːs/
Definitions [ edit ] 下
lower part , low position ; down
Antonyms: 上 shàng 樓下 /
楼下 ―
lóuxià ― downstairs
under
樹下 /
树下 ―
shùxià ― under the tree
在 這些 條件 下 /
在 这些 条件 下 ―
zài zhèxiē tiáojiàn xià ― under these conditions
low
下 層 /
下 层 ―
xià céng ― lower level
inferior , poor
下 品 ―
xià pǐn ― inferior products
next
to go down ; to get out of
下 船 ―
xià chuán ― to disembark from a boat
下 樓 /
下 楼 ―
xià lóu ― to go downstairs
下 山 ―
xià shān ― to go down the mountain
走下 ―
zǒuxià ― to walk down
下 床 ―
xià chuáng ― to get out of bed
to fall down ; to rain or snow
落下 ―
luòxià ― to fall down
to give ; to issue
下 令 ―
xià lìng ― to issue an order
to put in
下 麵條 /
下 面条 ―
xià miàntiáo ― to put noodles into boiling water
to begin , to start
下 筆 /
下 笔 ―
xià bǐ ― to start writing
to finish , to complete
下 班 ―
xià bān ― to get off work
下 課 /
下 课 ―
xià kè ― to finish class
to give birth (as an animal)
下 豬仔 /
下 猪仔 ―
xià zhūzǐ ― to have piglets
to lay (egg)
下 蛋 ―
xià dàn ― to lay eggs
( colloquial ) Short for 下載 先 去 下 個 軟件 。 /
先 去 下 个 软件 。 ―
Xiān qù xià ge ruǎnjiàn. ―
Download the software first.
( colloquial ) Short for 下線 with , under
在 朋友 的 幫助 下 /
在 朋友 的 帮助 下 ―
zài péngyǒu de bāngzhù xià ―
with help from friends
在 藥師 指導 下 /
在 药师 指导 下 ―
zài yàoshī zhǐdǎo xià ―
under the instruction of a pharmacist
Used after a verb to express height. Used after a verb to express space. Used after a verb to express the separation of an object. Used after a verb to express the end of an action. Classifier for the number of actions. See also [ edit ] Compounds [ edit ] Japanese [ edit ] 下
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings [ edit ] Goon げ ( ge , Jōyō ) Kan’on か ( ka , Jōyō ) Kun した ( shita 下 Jōyō ) しも ( shimo 下 ) ; もと ( moto 下 Jōyō ) さがる ( sa garu下がる Jōyō ) さげる ( sa geru下げる Jōyō ) くだる ( kuda ru下る Jōyō ) くだす ( kuda su下す Jōyō ) くださる ( kuda saru下さる Jōyō ) おりる ( o riru下りる Jōyō ) おろす ( o rosu下ろす Jōyō ) Compounds [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 下 (hiragana した rōmaji shita
the below Etymology 2 [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 下 (hiragana しも rōmaji shimo
lower portion, end Etymology 3 [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 下 (hiragana もと rōmaji moto
lower portion; base
under the influence of Etymology 4 [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 下 (hiragana か rōmaji -ka
under a situation 下 (hiragana げ rōmaji ge
the last volume in a two- or three-volume set References [ edit ] 下 (eumhun 아래 하 ( arae ha ) )
This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation , then remove the text {{rfdef }}. References [ edit ] Okinawan [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten , “Okinawan Dictionary”) as しちや [1]
下 (hiragana しちゃ romaji shicha
under Derived terms [ edit ] References [ edit ] Vietnamese [ edit ] Han character [ edit ] 下 (hạ
Below To go below , under , or to fall 下山: to go down a mountain
To sent : 下令: to command , to sent an order
Strip off: 下枪: to strip off one's weapon
To decide : 下藥: to give prescription
