A kanji
下
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
- 3 strokes
- Taught in grade 1 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 97 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
カ、ゲ
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
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 下 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 下 42 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 5 words
JLPT N4 · 6 words
JLPT N3 · 4 words
JLPT N2 · 15 words
- 地下水ちかすいunderground water
- 上下じょうげhigh and low, up and down
- 下駄げた(Japanese footwear), wooden clogs
- ～下～かunder ~
- 下降かこうdecline, descent, fall
- 下線かせんunderline, underscore
- 下車げしゃalighting, getting off
- 下旬げじゅんmonth (last third of)
- 下水げすいdrainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage
- 下品げひんvulgar, indecent, coarse
- 下書きしたがきrough copy, draft
- 下町したまちold parts of town
- 見下ろすみおろすto overlook, to look down on something
- 目下もっかat present, now
- 低下ていかfall, decline
JLPT N1 · 12 words
- 下調べしたしらべpreliminary investigation
- 天下てんかthe world, whole country
- 下痢げりdiarrhea
- 下心したごころsecret intention, motive
- 下地したじgroundwork, foundation
- 城下じょうかland near the castle
- 下取りしたどりtrade in, part exchange
- 下火したびburning low, waning, declining
- 部下ぶかone's subordinate
- 真下ましたright under, directly below
- 落下らっかfall, drop, come down
- 引下げるひきさげるto pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 下.
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