| Kanji | 下 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | カ、ゲ |
| Kunyomi | 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 |
| Nanori | さか, しと |
| English | below, down, descend, give, low, inferior |
| Examples | 足下(あしもと): (1) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step") (2) gait; pace; step (3) you; thou 下りる(おりる): (1) to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down (2) to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount (3) to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit (4) to be granted; to be issued; to be given (5) to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) (6) to be passed (from the body; i.e. of a roundworm) 引下げる(ひきさげる): to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw 下車(げしゃ): alighting (from train, bus, etc.); getting off 地下(ちか): (1) basement; cellar; underground place (2) underground; below ground (3) secret; under cover (4) underground (railway); subway; metro 低下(ていか): fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation 以下(いか): (1) not exceeding; and downward; ... and below (2) below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level) (3) the below-mentioned; the following; the rest 下旬(げじゅん): month (last third of) 上下(じょうげ): (1) top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down (2) going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating (3) going and coming back (4) upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people (5) first and second volumes 地下鉄(ちかてつ): underground train; subway 下げる(さげる): to hang; to lower; to move back; to wear; to dismiss; to grant 下り(くだり): (1) down-train (going away from Tokyo) (2) down-slope; downward going 部下(ぶか): subordinate person 下町(したまち): low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, inc. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) 廊下(ろうか): corridor; hallway; passageway 下着(したぎ): underwear 目下(めした): subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior 天下(てんか): (1) the whole world (2) the whole country (3) society; the public (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous (7) shogun (Edo period) 下降(かこう): downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence 下手(へた): (1) unskillful; poor; awkward (2) imprudent; untactful 下痢(げり): diarrhoea; diarrhea 下る(くだる): (1) to descend; to go down; to come down (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) (3) to pass (of time) (4) to surrender; to capitulate (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea 下宿(げしゅく): boarding; lodging; boarding house 下水(げすい): (1) drainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage (2) sewage; black water 落下(らっか): fall; drop; come down 下さる(くださる): to give; to confer 靴下(くつした): socks; sock; stockings; stocking 下がる(さがる): to hang down; to abate; to retire; to fall; to step back 下さい(ください): (1) please give me (2) (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-) please do for me 地下水(ちかすい): underground water 下地(したじ): groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge of; grounding in; prearrangement; spadework; signs; symptoms; first coat of plastering; soy 下駄(げた): (1) geta; Japanese wooden clogs (2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character 下火(したび): burning low; waning; declining 下品(げひん): vulgarity; meanness; indecency; coarseness 下ろす(おろす): (1) to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge (2) to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off (3) to withdraw money from an account (4) to wear (clothing) for the first time (5) to fillet (e.g. a fish) 下書き(したがき): rough copy; draft; draught 見下ろす(みおろす): (1) to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on (2) to despise; to look down on 下調べ(したしらべ): preliminary investigation; preparation ぶら下げる(ぶらさげる): to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry 下(した): (1) below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) (2) bottom (3) beneath; underneath (4) just after; right after (5) inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) (6) trade-in (7) preliminary; preparatory 下らない(くだらない): good-for-nothing; stupid; trivial; worthless 上下(うえした): (1) top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends (2) upside-down 目下(もっか): at present; now 真下(ました): right under; directly below 下取り(したどり): trade in; part exchange 下心(したごころ): (1) secret intention; ulterior motive (2) kanji "heart" radical at bottom 城下(じょうか): land near the castle 下線(かせん): underline; underscore 下品(かひん): inferior article 下(げ): (1) lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority (2) second volume (of two); third volume (of three) 下(しも): (1) lower reaches (of a river) (2) bottom; lower part (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.) 下(か): under (being in said condition or environment) お掛け下さい(おかけください): please sit down; please have a seat |
| JLPT Level | 5 |
| Jouyou Grade | 1 |
| Frequency | 97 |
| Components | 一: one; one radical (no.1) 卜: divination |
| Number of Strokes | 3 |
| Kanji Radical | 一 |
| Radical Number | 1 |
| Radical Strokes | 1 |
| Radical Reading | いち |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 指事 Ideographic |
| Keyword | below |
| Koohii Story 1 | Roots are below the ground. |
| Koohii Story 2 | A magic wand hanging below the ceiling. |
Tags: jlpt.n5, grade1, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_directions
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