下 (xià): meaning and stroke order
下 (xià) means down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline.
下
- Simplified
- 下
- Traditional
- 下 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xià
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Stroke order of 下
下
- xià down; downwards
- 3 strokes
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Meaning of 下
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xià
- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
Radical and structure
- 下
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes · 一 on top, 卜 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 下
- 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 上下 shàng xià the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
- 下面 xià miàn below; under
- 地下 dì xià underground; subterranean
- 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world
- 下来 xià lai to come down; (completed action marker)
- 脚下 jiǎo xià under the foot
- 下雨 xià yǔ to rain
- 下去 xià qù to go down; to descend
- 下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
- 留下 liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind
- 下令 xià lìng to give an order; to issue an order
下 in our stories
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“对不起，您订的是下个星期五。”
duìbuqǐ nín dìng de shì xià gè xīngqīwǔ
"I'm sorry, you booked for next Friday."
From the story Next Friday HSK 2
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锅里的水开了，她们下饺子。
guō lǐ de shuǐ kāi le tāmen xià jiǎozi
The water in the pot boils, and they put the dumplings in.
From the story Making dumplings HSK 2
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一天，小男孩阿山在山下看见一条很小的龙。
yì tiān xiǎo nánhái Ā Shān zài shān xià kànjiàn yì tiáo hěn xiǎo de lóng
One day a little boy called A Shan saw a tiny dragon at the foot of the mountain.
From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
Stories using 下
- Next Friday HSK 2
- Making dumplings HSK 2
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- The honest answer HSK 3
- No umbrella HSK 3
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).