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Kanji: 下

KANJI
3 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
した
しも
もと
げる
がる
くだ
くだ
くだ
くださる
ろす
りる
 ON 音 
STROKE ORDER
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
いち
Meaning:
Below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 100 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(くつした)
Socks
N5
(した)
Below
N5
(ちかてつ)
underground train
N5
(へた)
unskillful
N5
(ろうか)
corridor
N4
(いか)
less than
N4
()りる
to get off
N4
宿(げしゅく)
lodging
N4
(さが)
to get down, to descend
N4
()げる
to hang, to lower, to move back
N4
(したぎ)
underwear
N3
(おろ)
to lower, to let go down
N3
(くだ)さる
(hon) to give, to confer
N3
(くだ)
down-train (going away from Tokyo)
N3
()
under, below, beneath
N3
(しも)
under, below, beneath
N3
(ちか)
basement, underground
N2
(かこう)
downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence
N2
(かせん)
underline, underscore
N2
(くだ)
to get down, to descend
N2
(げしゃ)
alighting, getting off
N2
(げじゅん)
month (last third of)
N2
(げすい)
drainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage
N2
(げた)
geta (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs
N2
(げひん)
vulgarity, meanness, indecency, coarseness
N2
(したが)
rough copy, draft
N2
(したまち)
Shitamachi, lower parts of town
N2
(じょうげ)
high and low, up and down, unloading and loading, praising and blaming
N2
(ちかすい)
underground water
N2
(ていか)
fall, decline, lowering, deterioration
N2
(みお)ろす
to overlook, to command a view of, to look down on something
N2
(めした)
at present, now
N1
(うえした)
high and low, up and down, unloading and loading, praising and blaming
N1
(かい)
low rank, subordinate, lower order (e.g. byte)
N1
(かばん)
going off duty
N1
(かひん)
inferior article
N1
(かり)
lower official
N1
(げり)
diarrhoea
N1
()がる
to hang down, to abate, to retire, to fall, to step back
N1
(したごころ)
secret intention, motive
N1
調(したしら)
preliminary investigation, preparation
N1
(したじ)
groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge of, grounding in, prearrangement, spade
N1
(したど)
trade in, part exchange
N1
(したび)
burning low, waning, declining
N1
(じょうか)
land near the castle
N1
()()げる
to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw
N1
(ぶか)
subordinate person
N1
ぶら()げる
to hang, to suspend, to dangle, to swing
N1
(ました)
right under, directly below
N1
(らっか)
fall, drop, come down
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