Kanji
下
kanji character
below
down
descend
give
low
inferior
下 kanji-下 below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
下
Meaning
below down descend
Readings
Kun'yomi
- した くちびる lower lip
- した ぎ underwear
- した まち low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
- かざ しも leeward
- しも き second half of the (fiscal) year
- しも はんき second half of the year
- おひざ もと beside a nobleman
- いちげきの もと に with a single blow
- しどうの もと に under the guidance of
- さげる
- さがる
- くだる
- み くだり はん letter of divorce
- くだす
- くださる
- おろす
- おりる
On'yomi
- い か not exceeding ...
- ち か underground
- てい か fall
- げ しゃ alighting (from a train, bus, etc.)
- げ じゅん last third of a month
- げ り diarrhea
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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下 under (influence, control, conditions... -
下 すto take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand... -
下 車 alighting (from a train, bus, etc.)... -
下 旬 last third of a month, 21st to the last day of a month -
下 手 unskillful, poor, awkward... -
下 等 I, me -
下 唇 lower lip -
下 ろすto take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand... -
以 下 not exceeding ..., not more than ..., ... and under... -
已 下 not exceeding ..., not more than ..., ... and under... -
上 下 top and bottom, up and down, high and low... -
地 下 underground, below the ground, world of the dead... -
低 下 fall, decline, lowering... -
下 らないtrivial, trifling, insignificant... -
目 下 at present, now -
下 りdown-train, train heading toward the ending point of its route, down-slope... -
下 げるto hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration)... -
下 降 descent, fall, drop... -
下 着 underwear, undergarment, underclothes... -
下 町 low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)... -
下 敷 desk pad, sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt... -
下 痢 diarrhea, diarrhoea -
下 流 downstream, lower reaches of a river, lower classes -
下 りるto descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down... -
下 るto descend, to go down, to come down... -
部 下 subordinate person -
足 下 at one's feet, underfoot, written after the addressee's name in a formal letter to show respect... -
値 下 price reduction, price cut, reduction in price... -
下 ルto come down, to go down, to fall... -
下 敷 きdesk pad, sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt...