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低 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「人」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「人」
On
テイてい · tei
Kun
ひく(い)・ひく(める)・ひく(まる)hiku(i) · hiku(meru) · hiku(maru)
Meaning
low

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Combines 亻 (person) with 氐 giving the sound; 氐 also carries the sense of 'low', so the character means 'low'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテイていtei低級ていきゅう低気圧ていきあつ高低こうてい
Kunひくいhikui低いひくい低さひくさ
Kunひくめるhikumeru低めるひくめる
Kunひくまるhikumaru低まるひくまる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 最低さいてい

    lowest; worst

  • 低学年ていがくねん

    lower grades (of school)

More words with this kanji

  • 低徊ていかい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

低(てい)学年(がくねん)の子(こ)どもたちが遊(あそ)んでいる。

The lower-grade children are playing.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 人Map of reading テイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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