低 — kanji meaning “lower”
低
lower, short, humble
- Meanings
- lower, short, humble
- On'yomi
- テイ (tei)
- Kun'yomi
- ひく.い、ひく.める、ひく.まる
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #435 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- dī — Chinese character page
Words with 低
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最低 | さいてい saitei | least; lowest; minimum |
| 低下 | ていか teika | fall; decline; lowering |
| 低い | ひくい hikui | low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) |
| 低温 | ていおん teion | low temperature |
| 最低限 | さいていげん saiteigen | minimum |
| 低迷 | ていめい teimei | hanging low (of clouds) |
| 低音 | ていおん teion | low tone; bass; low voice |
| 高低 | こうてい koutei | high and low; rise and fall |
| 低減 | ていげん teigen | decrease; reduction; fall |
| 低調 | ていちょう teichou | inactive; slow; sluggish |
| 低地 | ていち teichi | depression; lowlands; low ground |
| 低速 | ていそく teisoku | low speed; slow speed |
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