Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 下
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下 |
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Meaning |
down(wards), below, lower, later, next (week etc) |
Pronunciation |
xià |
Explanation |
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Mnemonic
| Shows a line 一 as ground and a plant's root 卜 underneath. |
Radicals
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一
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one | |
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下
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downwards, below | |
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卜
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oracle, mysticism | (This 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.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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