下
commonbelow; down; descend; give; low; inferior
Radical: 一 (one). Strokes: 3画. Elements: ｜一卜. . Hangul: 하 [ha]. Nanori: さか / しとsaka / shito.
Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade. JLPT N5.
Example compounds:
| カKA | 城下【じょうかjōka】land near the castle 急降下【きゅうこうかkyūkōka】swoop; nose dive 天下一品【てんかいっぴんtenkaippin】best article under heaven; peerless |
| したshita | 下心【したごころshitagokoro】secret intention; kanji "heart" radical at bottom 下草【したくさshitakusa】undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree 下取り【したどりshitadori】trade in; part exchange |
| しもshimo | 川下【かわしもkawashimo】downstream 風下【かざしもkazashimo】leeward; lee 下半期【しもはんきshimohanki】the last half-year; second half of the year |
| もとmoto | 足下【あしもとashimoto】at one's feet; gait; you 下【もとmoto】under (esp. influence or guidance) の下に【のもとにnomotoni】under the supervision of; underneath; on the basis of |
| さげるsageru | 押し下げる【おしさげるoshisageru】to push or press or force down; to depress 掘り下げる【ほりさげるhorisageru】to dig down; to delve into; to get to the bottom of (a matter); to investigate further 繰り下げる【くりさげるkurisageru】to defer; to postpone |
| さがるsagaru | 引き下がる【ひきさがるhikisagaru】to withdraw; to leave 垂れ下がる【たれさがるtaresagaru】to hang; to dangle 食い下がる【くいさがるkuisagaru】to hang on to; to hound; to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips |
| くだるkudaru | 下る【くだるkudaru】to descend; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to have the runs 天下る【あまくだるamakudaru】to descend from heaven 野に下る【やにくだるyanikudaru】to leave the government service |
| くだりkudari | 上り下り【のぼりくだりnoborikudari】rising and falling; going up and down 下り列車【くだりれっしゃkudariressha】trains going away from the capital; down train 下り坂【くだりざかkudarizaka】descent; downhill; decline; waning |
| くだすkudasu | 見下す【みくだすmikudasu】to despise; to look down on 下す【くだすkudasu】to make (a decision); to let go down; to do oneself 飲み下す【のみくだすnomikudasu】to swallow; to gulp down |
| くださるkudasaru | 下さる【くださるkudasaru】to give; to confer |
| おろすorosu | 書き下ろす【かきおろすkakiorosu】to write a play, book, filmscript, etc. 見下ろす【みおろすmiorosu】to overlook; to despise 下ろす【おろすorosu】to take down (e.g. flag); to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to withdraw money from an account; to wear (clothing) for the first time; to fillet (e.g. a fish) |
| おりるoriru | 滑り下りる【すべりおりるsuberioriru】to slide down (a hill) (e.g. ski, toboggan); to slip down 飛び下りる【とびおりるtobioriru】to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of 下りる【おりるoriru】to descend (e.g. a mountain); to alight (e.g. from bus); to step down; to be granted; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; i.e. of a roundworm) |
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Dictionary indices:
| 4e0b | – | Unicode |
| 18-28 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 4-3-1 | – | SKIP |
| 2m1.2 | – | TKD |
| 1023.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 3154 | – | De Roo |
| 9 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 9 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 3378 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 2115 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 50 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 72 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 46 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 30 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 14 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 220 |
| 7 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 31 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 21 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 6 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 24 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 13 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 75 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 32 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.1 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 4 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 50 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |