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JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #97

Meanings

Below, Down, Descend, Give, Low, Inferior

Radicals

Decomposition

⿱一卜

Etymology

Ideographic: One stroke under another; compare 上 (above)

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical right-to-left
3 dot top-left-to-bottom-right
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ka
ge
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
した shita
しも shimo
もと moto
sa
くだ kuda
o

Words Using This Kanji

1035 words total
Other (19 words)
ド下手 どべた

very unskillful

三歩下がって師の影を踏まず さんぽさがってしのかげをふまず

a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)

下刻 げこく

final third of a two-hour period

下二段活用 しもにだんかつよう

conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)

地下鉄サリン事件 ちかてつサリンじけん

sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (March 20, 1995)

下一段活用 しもいちだんかつよう

conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"

氷下魚 こまい

saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis)

下級財 かきゅうざい

inferior goods (i.e. goods for which demand decreases when consumer's income increases)

樹下 じゅか

under a tree

下合 かごう

inferior conjunction

下綱 かこう

infraclass

下宮 げぐう

building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground

イカ下足 イカゲソ

squid tentacles

水上下 みずかみしも

light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide

下垂体 かすいたい

pituitary gland

脳下垂体後葉ホルモン のうかすいたいこうようホルモン

neurohypophyseal hormone

脳下垂体前葉ホルモン のうかすいたいぜんようホルモン

adenohypophyseal hormone

勇将の下に弱卒なし ゆうしょうのもとにじゃくそつなし

followers take after their leaders

下文 くだしぶみ

edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document