Kanji
Grade 1 - 下
Kanji character Grade 1 下. Writing practice along
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below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Kun: 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
On: カ、 ゲ
3 strokes
Radical: one 一
Parts: 一 | 卜 |
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Onyomi |
下 【カ】 under (being in said condition or environment)
下位 【カイ】 low rank, lower position, subordinate position, lower order
(e.g. byte)
陛下 【ヘイカ】 Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty
最下 【サイカ】 the lowest, the worst
下 【ゲ】 lowness (of degree, value, etc.), inferiority, second volume
(of two), third volume (of three)
下山 【ゲザン】 descending (mountain)
高下 【コウゲ】 rise and fall (e.g. prices), fluctuation, difference (rank,
grade, quality, etc.), variation
帯下 【タイゲ】 leukorrhoea, leucorrhoea, leukorrhea, leucorrhea, mucous
discharge from female genitals |
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Kunyomi |
下 【した】 below, down, under, younger (e.g. daughter), bottom, beneath,
underneath, just after, right after, inferiority, one's inferior
(i.e. one's junior), trade-in, preliminary, preparatory
下請け 【したうけ】 subcontract, subcontractor (person or company)
幕下 【まくした】 third highest division, wrestlers of the third highest
division
上下 【うえした】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and
below, upper and lower ends, upside-down
下 【しも】 lower reaches (of a river), bottom, lower part, lower half
(of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses,
end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of
western Japan), dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
下期 【しもき】 second half of the (fiscal) year
風下 【かざしも】 leeward, lee, downwind
下 【もと】 under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.), under (a
flag, the sun, etc.), beneath, with (e.g. one blow), on (the
promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name
of), (somebody's) side, (somebody's) location
下げる 【さげる】 to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration), to lower,
to reduce, to bring down, to demote, to move back, to pull back, to
clear (plates), to remove (food, etc. from table or altar), to keep
on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured
cards
下がる 【さがる】 to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to
get lower, to hang, to dangle, to move back, to step back, to
withdraw, to retire, to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded,
to get closer to the present day, to go south
下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of
an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to
capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to
have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body,
to depreciate oneself, to be humble
下り 【くだり】 down-train, train heading toward the ending point of its
route, down-slope, downward going, downbound (esp. away from Tokyo)
下り坂 【くだりざか】 downhill, downward slope, descent, decline, waning, ebb,
(going) downhill
下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a
judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an
order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to
beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in
stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the
end without stopping
下さる 【くださる】 to give, to confer, to bestow, to kindly do for one, to
oblige, to favour, to favor
下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag,
shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down
(hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off,
to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to
withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first
time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune
(branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop,
to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an alter), to pass
down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g.
worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down |
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