The kanji 低: meaning, readings and stroke order
低
- Meaning
- low
- On reading
- テイ tei
- Kun reading
- ひく(い) hikui、ひく(める) hikumeru、ひく(まる) hikumaru
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thấp (đê)
- Japanese
- ひくい。
- Korean
- 낮다 (저)
- Chinese
- 低
Readings, words and example sentences
テイ tei · on reading · less common
低温
low temperature
この 花は 低温で 育てます。
This flower is grown where it is cool.
ひく(い) hikui · kun reading
低い
low
この 山は 低いので 登りやすいです。
This mountain is low, so it is easy to climb.
ひく(める) hikumeru · kun reading · less common
低める
to lower
声を 低めて 話します。
He lowers his voice when he talks.
ひく(まる) hikumaru · kun reading · less common
低まる
to get lower
音が だんだん 低まります。
The sound gets lower little by little.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.