Memory phrase for the Kanji: 下


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Meaning down(wards), below, lower, later, next (week etc)

Pronunciation

xià

Explanation

Mnemonic


 
Shows a line as ground and a plant's root underneath.

Radicals

one
downwards, below
oracle, mysticismThis radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.
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 Vocabulary

 一下  yī xià  (used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try); one time; once; in a while; all of a sudden; all at once
 下游  xià yóu  lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream
 下层  xià céng  underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate
 乡下  xiāng xià  country (as opposed to town or city); rural
 下午  xià wǔ  afternoon; p.m.
 殿下  diàn xià  your majesty (honorific); his highness
 躺下  tǎng xià  to lie down
 惟恐天下不乱  wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn  motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos; lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder
 扔下  rēng xià  to throw down; to drop (bomb)
 跪下  guì xia  to kneel down
 下旬  xià xún  last third of the month
 下旬  xià xún  

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