下 (xià)
Down; below; next; to get off; to rain.
How 下 is written
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Traditional
- 下
- Simplified
- 下 (unchanged)
Components
- 一 one
- 卜 divination
Common words using 下
- 一下 yīxià
- (used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try); one time
- 下午 xiàwǔ
- afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]; p.m.
- 下載 xiàzǎi
- to download; also pr. [xia4 zai4]
- 天下 tiānxià
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China
- 一下子 yīxiàzi
- in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden
- 上下 shàngxià
- up and down; top and bottom; old and new
- 下來 xiàlai
- to come down; (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
- 下去 xiàqu
- to go down; to descend; to go on
- 下手 xiàshǒu
- to start; to put one's hand to; to set about
- 下班 xiàbān
- to finish work; to get off work
- 下車 xiàchē
- to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
- 下輩子 xiàbèizi
- the next life
下 in a sentence
下雨了，記得帶傘。
Xià yǔ le, jìdé dài sǎn.
“It's raining, remember to bring an umbrella.”
How common is 下?
下 is the 42nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 28.1% of all running text.
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