IDENTITY
下xiàdown; under; to descend
HSK 1Top 50
CORE MEANING
down; under; to descend
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.under; belowHSK1
- 2.to go down; nextHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 一one radical (yī)
- strokes
- 3
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱一卜
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
下午xiàwǔafternoon
下雨xiàyǔto rain
下面xiàmiànunder
Graded examples
下午我们去看电影。Xiàwǔ wǒmen qù kàn diànyǐng.HSK2
We are going to see a movie this afternoon.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A mark below the ground line — down, beneath.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #50
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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