3 strokes

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

Kunした、しも、もと、さ.げる、さ.がる、くだ.る、くだ.り、くだ.す、-くだ.す、くだ.さる、お.ろす、お.りる
Onカ、ゲ

Radicals

Common words

  • もと
    under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.), under (a flag, the sun, etc.), beneath, with (e.g. one blow), on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name of), (someone's) side, (someone's) location
  • 陛下へいか
    Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty
  • 下がるさがる
    to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to get lower, to hang, to dangle, to move back, to step back, to withdraw, to retire, to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded, to get closer to the present day, to go south
  • 部下ぶか
    subordinate person
  • under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of), during (war, occupation, etc.)
  • しも
    lower reaches (of a river), bottom, lower part, lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses, end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan), dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
  • lowness (of degree, value, etc.), inferiority, second volume (of two), third volume (of three)
  • した
    below, down, under, younger (e.g. daughter), bottom, beneath, underneath, just after, right after, inferiority, one's inferior (i.e. one's junior), trade-in, preliminary, preparatory
  • 下さるくださる
    to give, to confer, to bestow, to kindly do for one, to oblige, to favour, to favor
  • 殿下でんか
    your Highness, his Highness, her Highness
  • 地下ちか
    underground, below the ground, world of the dead, the grave, underground (activities, movement, etc.), secret, illegal, in hiding
  • 下げるさげる
    to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration), to lower, to reduce, to bring down, to demote, to move back, to pull back, to clear (plates), to remove (food, etc. from table or altar), to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
  • 下手へた
    unskillful, poor, awkward, imprudent, untactful
  • 下着したぎ
    underwear, undergarment, underclothes, lingerie
  • 下すくだす
    to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
  • 以下いか
    not exceeding ..., not more than ..., ... and under, ... and below, ... or fewer, below (a standard, level, etc.), under, beneath, less than, the following, the below-mentioned, the rest, followed by ..., including ..., ... and other (employees, officials, etc.)
  • 下手しもて
    lower part, foot, lower direction, left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV), stage right (actor's POV)
  • 下手したて
    humble position, inferior, underarm grip on opponent's belt
  • 手下てした
    subordinate, underling, henchman, minion
  • 下ろすおろす
    to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
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