Hanja Analyzer
低

低 — jeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
낮을 저
Romanization
jeo
English
low; to lower, hang, bend, bow
Mandarin
dī
Japanese on'yomi
テイ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひく.い ひく.める ひく.まる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#435 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
人 (9, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
氐(저)
Unicode
U+4F4E

How 低 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 低 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 氐.

Korean example words with 低

  • 저속低速 Korean gloss: 느린 속도
  • 저온低溫 Korean gloss: 낮은 온도
  • 저율低率 Korean gloss: 낮은 비율
  • 저음低音 Korean gloss: 낮은 소리
  • 최저最低 Korean gloss: 가장 낮음
  • 저지低地 Korean gloss: 지대가 낮은 땅
  • 중저中低 Korean gloss: 보통보다 조금 낮음
  • 저가低價 Korean gloss: 시세에 비하여 헐한 값
  • 저층低層 Korean gloss: 건물의 층수가 적은 것
  • 저점低點 Korean gloss: 낮은 점수. 또는 낮은 지점
  • 저공低空 Korean gloss: 지면이나 수면에 가까운 낮은 하늘
  • 고저高低 Korean gloss: 높음과 낮음. 또는 높고 낮은 정도

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 低

  • 最低さいてい least; lowest; minimum
  • 低下ていか fall; decline; lowering
  • 低迷ていめい hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.)
  • 低めるひくめる to lower; to be lowered
  • 低価格ていかかく low price
  • 最低限さいていげん minimum; at the very least
  • 低調ていちょう inactive; slow; sluggish
  • 低水準ていすいじゅん substandard; low-level
  • 低いひくい low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground
  • 低温ていおん low temperature
  • 低気圧ていきあつ low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression
  • 低利ていり low interest rate

Characters sharing the phonetic 氐

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “저” in Korean.

Other hanja read “저”

Other hanja with radical 人

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