下 is the Japanese kanji for below, down, descend, give, low, inferior. It is written with 3 strokes and appears at JLPT level N5. Its kun reading is した、しも、もと and its on reading is カ、ゲ.
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Words with 下
- 下under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)
- 下げるto hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration)
- 下りるto descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down
- 下りdown-train, train heading toward the ending point of its route
- 下車alighting (from a train, bus, etc.), getting off, getting out (of a car)
- 地下underground, below the ground
Practice 下 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.