• 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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  • 843rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ye3)field • plain • open space • limit • boundary • rude • feral

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ye3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ye3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

视野 (視野)
野外 
野生 
野蛮 (野蠻)

Uncommon

上野 
下野 
原野 
吉野家 
在野 
山野 
撒野 
新野 
旷野 (曠野)
朝野 
狂野 
田野 
荒野 
越野 
野人 
野兔 
野史 
野味 
野心 
野性 
野战 (野戰)
野火 
野兽 (野獸)
野花 
野草 
野菜 
野猪 (野豬)
野鸡 (野雞)
野鸭 (野鴨)
长野 (長野)

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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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