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{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{stroke order|strokes=7}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=9|rad=人|as=05|sn=7|four=22240|canj=OHPM,OHVI|ids=⿰亻氐}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|𠴓}}, {{l|mul|𡌠}}, {{l|mul|𱻍}}, {{l|mul|𬺙}}, {{l|mul|𦰣}}, {{l|mul|𩃐}}, {{l|mul|𫢵}}

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0098.080|dkj=00504|dj=0207.010|hdz=10137.040|uh=4F4E}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|人|alt1=亻|t1=man, person|氐|ls=psc|c1=s|c2=p}} – a person lowering themselves, bowing.

===Etymology 1===
Cognate with {{och-l|底|bottom}}, {{och-l|柢|root of a tree; base}}, {{cog|bo|མཐིལ||bottom; floor}} ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}).

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=dī
|ma=y
|dg=ди1
|c=dai1
|ca=LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-低.wav
|c-t=ai1
|h=pfs=tâi;gd=dai1
|j=di1
|md=dă̤
|mn=ml,jj,tw:te/xm:ti
|mn-t=di1
|w=sh:1ti
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=a,v
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[low]] {{gloss|of height}}
# [[low]] {{gloss|of quantity}}; [[behind]] [[average]]
#: {{zh-x|他們 抱怨 工資 過 低。|They complained that the wages were too '''low'''.}}
#: {{zh-x|低 糖 的 高 纖 豆漿|'''Low''' Sugar, High Fiber Soy Milk}}
# [[low]] {{gloss|of voice}}; [[quiet]]; [[soft]]
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} [[down]] {{gl|adverb}}
#: {{zh-co|寫低|to write '''down'''|C}}
# {{lb|zh|dialectal Mandarin|Jin}} [[short]] (in stature)
# to [[lower]]; to [[hang]] (one's head); to [[bend]]; to [[bow]]

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial}}
{{zh-dial|矮}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|低體溫症|低B|低壓|低能兒|低俗|低姿態|低鈉鹽|低等|低空|低顏|低速|做小伏低|低唱|低速檔|低等動物|低徊不已|低平|低氣壓|低檔|低額|低收入|低級趣味|低聲|最低工資|低賤|低血糖|低元音|低窪|低利|低啞|低薪|低點|低標準|低聲下氣|低潮|低頭屈膝|不顧高低|低溫|低階|低頭|低壓帶|低亞|低語|低謳|低淺|低年級|低胸|低三下四|低脂|低度|伏低做小|伏低|低能|低矮|低下|低音提琴|低首下心|低迷不振|低幼讀物|低智|低利率|偏低|低聲密語|低價|半低元音|忽高忽低|低姿勢|低鹽飲食|低溫殺菌|低微|低頭受縛|低欄|山高水低|低凹|低溫食品|低劣|低垂|低昂|低頻率|七高八低|壓低|低沉|不知高低|低心|低吟|低回|低估|低處|低級|低音|低溼|低靡|低谷|低徊|夜幕低垂|低地國|低物件|低眉|低迴|低嚷|低收入戶|低低|不識高低|低地|低筋麵粉|低血壓|低鬟|冷低壓|低落|低盪|使低嘴|低廉|低頭不語|低顏下膝|低頭喪氣|低進|低迷|低調|低緯度|低幼兒童|沒高沒低|淺斟低謳|手高手低|比個高低|牙縫高低|服低做小|知高識低|服低捋|眼高手低|眉高眼低|眉眼高低|眉低眼慢|熱帶低壓|斂首低眉|減低|淺斟低酌|淺斟低唱|撳頭低|腳高步低|若高若低|貶低|高高低低|高低槓|風吹草低|言語高低|降低|見高低|附耳低言|菩薩低眉|高低起伏|開低走高|高低不平|逢低承接|高低|開低走軟|輕偎低傍|開高走低|開低走低|調低|隨高就低|超低溫|言高語低|低碳|低碳經濟|低低地|低波|nan:懸低<tr:koân-kē>}}

====See also====
* {{zh-l|矮}}
* {{zh-l|短}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|mn=qz:kě/tw,xm:kē/zz:kēe
|mn-t=gê6<!--Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Pontianak-->
|cat=a
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|Southern Min}} {{alt form|zh|下|tr=-|t=low}}

{{cat|cmn|Beginning Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=4|rs=人05}}

# low
# short
# humble

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=たい
|kanon=てい
|kun=ひく-い, ひく-まる, ひく-める
}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|낮다|낮을|저}}

# {{hanja form of|저|[[low]]}}
# {{hanja form of|저|[[cheap]]}}

====Compounds====
* {{ko-l|低廉|저렴|cheap}}
* {{ko-l|低速|저속|slow}}

==Tày==

===Adjective===
{{head|tyz|adjective|tr=đây}}

# {{tyz-Nom form of|đây|[[good]], [[beautiful]]}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=[[đây]], [[đay]], [[đê]]|rs=人05}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=人05}}

====References====
* [http://nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint=4f4e Nom Foundation]