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下 kanji
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
カゲ
Kun readings
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
Variant forms
丅Words with 下
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —下部Popularlower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
- —下方Popularlower region; lower part; region below
- —下流Populardownstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
- —閣下Popularyour Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
- —却下Popularrejection; dismissal
- —県下Popularin the prefecture; prefectural
- —降下Populardescent; fall; drop; (atmospheric) depression; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
- —傘下Popularaffiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
- —直下Populardirectly under; falling perpendicularly
- —沈下Popularsinking; subsidence
- —天下Popularthe whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; having one's own way; doing as one pleases; peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous; shogun (Edo period)
- —殿下PopularYour Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
- —陛下PopularYour Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
- —目下Popularat present; now
- —零下Popularbelow zero; sub-zero
- —投下Popularthrowing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
- —最下Popularthe lowest; the worst
- —門下Popularone's pupil; one's student; one's follower
- —城下町Popularcastle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
- —地下室Popularcellar; basement