Chinese symbol for “downwards”
下
xià
down; downwards; below; lower
The closest CC-CEDICT match for downwards is 下 (xià), defined as: down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 下.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
| 下载 (下載) | xià zǎi | to download; also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; 个 (gè) |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.