Memory phrase for the character: 下

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Shows a line 一 as ground and a plant's root 卜 underneath.

一	one
下	downwards, below
卜	oracle, mysticism	This radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.

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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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