下 — kanji meaning “below”
下
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
- Meanings
- below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)、ゲ (ge)
- Kun'yomi
- した、しも、もと、さ.げる、さ.がる、くだ.る、くだ.り、くだ.す、-くだ.す、くだ.さる、お.ろす、お.りる
- Name readings
- さか、しと
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #97 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 1
- Chinese reading
- xià — Chinese character page
Words with 下
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 地下 | ちか chika | underground; below the ground |
| 低下 | ていか teika | fall; decline; lowering |
| 上下 | じょうげ jouge | top and bottom; high and low; above and below |
| 地下鉄 | ちかてつ chikatetsu | subway; metro; underground (railway) |
| 部下 | ぶか buka | subordinate person |
| 下さい | ください kudasai | please (give me) |
| 下着 | したぎ shitagi | underwear; undergarment; underclothes |
| 下手 | へた heta | unskillful; poor; awkward |
| 下り | くだり kudari | down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route |
| 下旬 | げじゅん gejun | last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month |
| 下げる | さげる sageru | to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration) |
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