ChiramiN4 kanji · 7 strokes
低 means low
低
亻 person · 氏 family name
低Memory trick
A person bowing low, down to the bottom line: low.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- lower, short, humble
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) ひくい hikui
ひくい (hikui) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: ひくめる hikumeru, ひくまる hikumaru
From Chinese (onyomi) テイ tei
テイ (tei) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
低い ひくい · hikui
low
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氏 Used in 8 kanji
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What does 低 mean?
Right: 低 means low.Not quite: 低 means low.In 低い, which reading does 低 use?
Right. 低い is read ひくい (hikui): 低 takes ひく, its Japanese reading, with い after it.Not quite. 低い is read ひくい (hikui): 低 takes ひく, its Japanese reading, with い after it.