Memory phrase for the character: 下

下

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Meaning

down(wards), below, lower, later, next (week etc)

Pronunciation

xià

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
Shows a line 一 as ground and a plant's root 卜 underneath.

Radicals

一 one
下 downwards, below
卜 oracle, mysticismThis radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.




 Vocabulary

一下 yī xià  (used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try); one time; once; in a while; all of a sudden; all at once
下游 xià yóu  lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream
下层 xià céng  underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate
乡下 xiāng xià  country (as opposed to town or city); rural
下午 xià wǔ  afternoon; p.m.
殿下 diàn xià  your majesty (honorific); his highness
躺下 tǎng xià  to lie down
惟恐天下不乱 wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn  motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos; lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder
扔下 rēng xià  to throw down; to drop (bomb)
跪下 guì xia  to kneel down
下旬 xià xún  last third of the month
下旬 xià xún  

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