低 — lower, short, humble

ひくい低 lower

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes size quality

U+4F4E Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #435 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1973 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

lower
short
humble

word

ひく hiku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

低(ひく) い hikui low

てい tei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

低(てい) tei low 低(てい) 下(か) teika decline 最(さい) 低(てい) saitei lowest 低(てい) 音(おん) teion low tone 最(さい) 低(てい) 限(げん) saiteigen minimum 低(てい) 迷(めい) teimei slump 低(てい) 減(げん) teigen reduction

Appears in idioms

平身低頭四字熟語

even, somebody, lower, head

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

し氏 family name #83

いち一 one #1

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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