KanjiN5Grade 1 · 小13 strokesRadical 一#97 in newspapers
下 · below, down
下 is a kanji meaning below, down, descend, give. It has 3 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- カka
- ゲge
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- したshita
- しもshimo
- もとmoto
- さげるsageru
- さがるsagaru
- くだるkudaru
- くだりkudari
- くだすkudasu
- -くだす-kudasu
- くださるkudasaru
- おろすorosu
- おりるoriru
Practise the N5 kanji
In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 下 · 46 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 下さいください | ください | (with te-form verb) please do for me | N5 |
| 靴下くつした | くつした | socks | N5 |
| 下した | した | under, below, beneath | N5 |
| 地下鉄ちかてつ | ちかてつ | underground train, subway | N5 |
| 下手へた | へた | unskillful, poor | N5 |
| 廊下ろうか | ろうか | corridor | N5 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 以下いか | いか | less than, below | N4 |
| 下宿げしゅく | げしゅく | lodging, boarding house | N4 |
| 下着したぎ | したぎ | underwear | N4 |
| 下りるおりる | おりる | to get down, to go; come down | N4 |
| 下がるさがる | さがる | to descend, to drop, to fall | N4 |
| 下げるさげる | さげる | to lower (v.t.); to hang | N4 |
| 下しも | しも | under, below, beneath | N3 |
| 下ろすおろす | おろす | to lower, to let go down | N3 |
| 下りくだり | くだり | down-train (going away from Tokyo) | N3 |
| 下るくだる | くだる | to get down, to descend | N3 |
| 下げ | げ | under, below, beneath | N3 |
| 地下ちか | ちか | basement, underground | N3 |
| 下降かこう | かこう | decline, descent, fall | N2 |
| 下線かせん | かせん | underline, underscore | N2 |
| 下車げしゃ | げしゃ | alighting, getting off | N2 |
| 下旬げじゅん | げじゅん | month (last third of) | N2 |
| 下水げすい | げすい | drainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage | N2 |
| 下駄げた | げた | (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs | N2 |
| 下品げひん | げひん | vulgar, indecent, coarse | N2 |
| 下品(な)げひん | げひん | vulgar | N2 |
| 下書きしたがき | したがき | rough copy, draft | N2 |
| 下町したまち | したまち | old parts of town | N2 |
| 上下じょうげ | じょうげ | high and low, up and down | N2 |
| 地下水ちかすい | ちかすい | underground water | N2 |
| 低下ていか | ていか | fall, decline | N2 |
| 見下ろすみおろす | みおろす | to overlook, to look down on something | N2 |
| 目下めした | めした | at present, now | N2 |
| 下痢げり | げり | diarrhea | N1 |
| 下心したごころ | したごころ | secret intention, motive | N1 |
| 下地したじ | したじ | groundwork, foundation | N1 |
| 下調べしたしらべ | したしらべ | preliminary investigation | N1 |
| 城下じょうか | じょうか | land near the castle | N1 |
| 天下てんか | てんか | the world, whole country | N1 |
| 下取りしたどり | したどり | trade in, part exchange | N1 |
| 下火したび | したび | burning low, waning, declining | N1 |
| 部下ぶか | ぶか | one's subordinate | N1 |
| 真下ました | ました | right under, directly below | N1 |
| 目下もっか | もっか | at present, now | N1 |
| 落下らっか | らっか | fall, drop, come down | N1 |
| 引き下げるひきさげる | ひきさげる | to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw | N1 |
Example sentence
立って下さい。
たってください
Stand up, please.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #78276 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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