• 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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  • 183rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci4)next in sequence • second • the second (day, time etc) • secondary • vice- • sub- • infra- • inferior quality • substandard • order • sequence • hypo- (chemistry) • classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

再次 
次方 

Uncommon

一次性 
上次 
下次 
人次 
依次 
其次 
名次 
层次 (層次)
档次 (檔次)
次元 
次数 (次數)
次于 (次於)
次日 
次要 
班次 
语无伦次 (語無倫次)
首次 

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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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