• 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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  • 610th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǔ (shu3)category • genus (taxonomy) • family members • dependents • to belong to • subordinate to • affiliated with • be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) • to be • to prove to be • to constitute
2. zhǔ (zhu3)to join together • to fix one's attention on • to concentrate on

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǔ (shu3)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

专属 (專屬)
属于 (屬於)

Uncommon

下属 (下屬)
家属 (家屬)
属实 (屬實)
属性 (屬性)
属相 (屬相)
归属 (歸屬)
归属感 (歸屬感)
眷属 (眷屬)
亲属 (親屬)
重金属 (重金屬)
金属 (金屬)
附属 (附屬)
非你莫属 (非你莫屬)

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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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