• 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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  • 289th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 268 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Da2)surname Da
2. (da2)to attain • to reach • to amount to • to communicate • eminent

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (da2)The component is pronounced as '' (da4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (da2)The component is pronounced as 'dài' (dai4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

到达 (到達)
抵达 (抵達)
柯达 (柯達)
发达 (發達)
直达 (直達)
表达 (表達)
豁达 (豁達)
转达 (轉達)
达人 (達人)
达到 (達到)
达成 (達成)

Uncommon

下达 (下達)
传达 (傳達)
八达岭 (八達嶺)
哈根达斯 (哈根達斯)
布达佩斯 (布達佩斯)
布达拉宫 (布達拉宮)
斯巴达 (斯巴達)
溜达 (溜達)
纳斯达克 (納斯達克)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
蹦达 (蹦達)
送达 (送達)
通情达理 (通情達理)
通达 (通達)
达令 (達令)
达喀尔 (達喀爾)
达坂城 (達坂城)
达州 (達州)
达拉斯 (達拉斯)
达标 (達標)
达沃斯 (達沃斯)
达尔文 (達爾文)
达菲 (達菲)
达观 (達觀)
阿凡达 (阿凡達)
阿迪达斯 (阿迪達斯)
雅加达 (雅加達)
雷达 (雷達)
飞黄腾达 (飛黃騰達)
马自达 (馬自達)
马达 (馬達)
高达 (高達)

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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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