• 42nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.32% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (xia4)down • downwards • below • lower • later • next (week etc) • second (of two parts) • to decline • to go down • to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一下 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Uncommon

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下场 (下場)
下属 (下屬)
下巴 
下手 
下班 
下课 (下課)
下跌 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
停下 
剩下 
地下 
坐下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
手下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 

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  • 1156th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 49 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bǎi (bai3)to arrange • to exhibit • to move to and fro • a pendulum

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bǎi (bai3)The component is pronounced as '' (ba4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for bǎi (bai3)The component is pronounced as 'ba' (ba5). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

摇摆 (搖擺)
摆放 (擺放)
摆脱 (擺脫)
显摆 (顯擺)

Uncommon

下摆 (下擺)
大摇大摆 (大搖大擺)
摇摆不定 (搖擺不定)
摆出 (擺出)
摆动 (擺動)
摆地摊 (擺地攤)
摆布 (擺布)
摆平 (擺平)
摆弄 (擺弄)
摆手 (擺手)
摆摊 (擺攤)
摆明 (擺明)
摆渡 (擺渡)
摆满 (擺滿)
摆设 (擺設)
摆阔 (擺闊)
钟摆 (鐘擺)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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