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低

lower
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingテイ
Kun readingひく.い、ひく.める、ひく.まる
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. lowerRtK
  2. short
    彼は背は低いが力持ちだ。He is short, but strong.tatoeba
    彼は背は低いが、バスケットボールが上手い。He is short, but good at basketball.tatoeba
  3. humble
  1. to lower
  2. to be lowered

Popular Usage

低い最低

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · calling card · family name · one (一) · floor

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1973

Compound words

低いひくい
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice)
最低さいてい
least; lowest; minimum; worst; awful
低下するていかする
to fall
高低こうてい
high and low; rise and fall
低下ていか
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
低減ていげん
decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation
低地ていち
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
低調ていちょう
inactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone
低迷ていめい
hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level); floundering
低落ていらく
fall; decline; slump
低利ていり
low interest rate
低温ていおん
low temperature
低音ていおん
low tone; bass; low voice
最低限さいていげん
minimum; at the very least
低めるひくめる
to lower; to be lowered
低価格ていかかく
low price
低学年ていがくねん
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
低気圧ていきあつ
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; cyclone; bad temper
低水準ていすいじゅん
substandard; low-level
低料金ていりょうきん
low rates
中低なかびく
hollow
低劣ていれつ
low grade
低廉ていれん
cheap
低徊ていかい
pacing back and forth meditatively

Additional Examples

彼は彼女より地位が低い。
He is beneath her in rank.tatoeba
彼は背が低すぎてぶどうに手が届かなかった。
He was too short to get at the grapes.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 低

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