Historical Evolution
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
下
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Seal
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
下 [xià]
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
Japanese
noun
- below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
- bottom
- beneath; underneath
- just after; right after (as 下から, 下より, etc.)
- inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)
- trade-in
n-pref
- preliminary; preparatory
noun
- under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.) (oft. as ...の下に or ...の下で)
- 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 ...) (as ...の下に)
- (someone's) side; (someone's) location (usu. written as 元)
noun
- lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
- second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
noun
- 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)
adj-no
- dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
below; south of (in the Kyoto address system)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
下 くだり
Kudari surname
下 げの
Geno place name
下 さがり
Sagari surname
下 した
Shita surname
下 しも
Shimo place namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
一下 [yīxià] #156
(used after a verb) give it a go
下来 [xiàlai] #284
to come down
下来 [xiàlai] #284
to come down
下去 [xiàqù] #435
to go down
下午 [xiàwǔ] #1,026
afternoon
留下 [liúxià] #680
to leave behind
下面 [xiàmiàn] #833
below
以下 [yǐxià] #3,196
that level or lower
下降 [xiàjiàng] #3,833
to decline
剩下 [shèngxià] #975
to remain
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 降りる [おりる] #921
to descend (e.g. a mountain)
⭐ 下がる [さがる] #1,139
to come down
⭐ 廊下 [ろうか] #1,385
corridor
⭐ 下さる [くださる] #1,409
to give
頭を下げる [あたまをさげる] #1,497
to bow
⭐ 部下 [ぶか] #1,915
subordinate person
⭐ 下げる [さげる] #1,923
to hang
⭐ 地下 [ちか] #1,954
underground
⭐ 足元 [あしもと] #2,193
at one's feet
⭐ 下ろす [おろす] #2,311
to take down
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