• 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.

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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  • 926th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 93 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu3)rain • CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
2. (yu4)to rain • (of rain, snow etc) to fall • to precipitate • to wet

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yu3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

下雨 

Uncommon

冒雨 
大雨 
小雨 
春雨 
暴雨 
暴风雨 (暴風雨)
毛毛雨 
流星雨 
淋雨 
烟雨 (煙雨)
细雨 (細雨)
阵雨 (陣雨)
雨伞 (雨傘)
雨天 
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雨季 
雨林 
雨水 
雨滴 
风雨 (風雨)
风雨无阻 (風雨無阻)
骤雨 (驟雨)

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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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