低

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“man, person”) + phonetic 氐 – a person lowering themselves, bowing. Note that 氐 is a person bowing or stooping, hence connotation of “down, low, bow”.

Han character

低 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹心一 (OHPM), 人竹女戈 (OHVI), four-corner 2224₀, composition ⿰亻氐)

1. low
2. to lower, hang, bend, bow

References

• KangXi: page 98, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 504
• Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 137, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4F4E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

低 (Jyutping dai1, Yale dai1)

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Japanese

Kanji

低

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: てい (tei)
• Kun: ひくい (hikui)

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Korean

Hanja

低 (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin dī Zhuyin ㄉㄧ IPA (key) /ti⁵⁵/ Audio (file)

Hanzi

低 (Pinyin dī (di1), Wade-Giles ti¹)

Compounds

• 低體溫症 (低体温症)
• 低B

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Vietnamese

Han character

低 (đây, đay, đê)

References

*Nom Foundation