Readings
Kun readingひく.い、ひく.める、ひく.まる Meanings
- low (level, value, price, etc.)
Radicals and components
Components
How it's built低
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Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘperson (人) · calling card · family name · one (一) · floor
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1973
Compound words
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice)least; lowest; minimum; worst; awfulto fallhigh and low; rise and fallfall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradationdecrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigationdepression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plaininactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tonehanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level); flounderingfall; decline; slumplow interest ratelow temperaturelow tone; bass; low voiceminimum; at the very leastto lower; to be loweredlow pricelower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; cyclone; bad tempersubstandard; low-levellow rateshollowlow gradecheappacing back and forth meditatively Additional Examples
He is beneath her in rank.tatoeba He was too short to get at the grapes.tatoeba Stroke Order
7 strokes
Low. 亻 (person) + 氐 (base) — a person down at the bottom.
Practice Writing
Practice Writing 低
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step