低

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低 U+4F4E, 低
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F4E
← 位
[U+4F4D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 住 →
[U+4F4F]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 低
simp. # 低

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 低
Small seal script
ACC-s05919.svg

s05919

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (氐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
低 *tiːl
氐 *tiːl, *til
袛 *tiːl
羝 *tiːl
眡 *tiːl, *djilʔ
岻 *tiːl, *dil
奃 *tiːl
趆 *tiːl, *tiːls
柢 *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸 *tiːlʔ
底 *tiːlʔ
詆 *tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻 *tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵 *tiːlʔ
牴 *tiːlʔ
觝 *tiːlʔ
弤 *tiːlʔ
軧 *tiːlʔ
骶 *tiːls
砥 *tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝 *til
疷 *til
秪 *til
泜 *dil
蚳 *dil
彽 *dil
阺 *dil
貾 *dil
祗 *tjil
厎 *tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋 *tjilʔ
鴟 *tʰjil
汦 *kjeʔ, *tjil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tiːl): semantic 亻 (“man, person”) + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til) – a person lowering themselves, bowing.

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with 底 (OC *tiːlʔ, “bottom”), 柢 (OC *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls, “root of a tree; base”), Tibetan མཐིལ (mthil, “bottom; floor”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • te/ti - literary;
  • kě/kē/kēe - vernacular (俗), original character is 下.
  • Wu
    Rime
    Character 低
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 端 (5)
    Final (韻) 齊 (39)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 都奚切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/tei/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/tei/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/tɛi/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/tɛj/
    Li
    Rong         		/tei/
    Wang
    Li         		/tiei/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/tiei/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		dī
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 低
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2234
    Phonetic
    component         		氐
    Rime
    group         		脂
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		低
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tiːl/

    Definitions[edit]

    低

    1. low (of height)
    2. low (of quantity); behind average
    3. low (of voice); quiet; soft
    4. to lower; to hang (one's head); to bend; to bow

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 低

    See also[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    低

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. low
    2. short
    3. humble

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    低 (eumhun 낮을 저 (najeul jeo))

    1. low
    2. cheap

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    低: Hán Nôm readings: đây, đay, đê

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    References[edit]

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