Read Edit View history 下 xià HSK1 under Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally a small line or dot below a longer line, indicating "down". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 上. Pinyin Separate values with commas xià ×xia × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 下 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 113, 682 ], [ 145, 669 ], [ 181, 664 ], [ 440, 706 ], [ 807, 745 ], [ 870, 736 ], [ 903, 726 ], [ 924, 710 ] ], [ [ 487, 681 ], [ 516, 656 ], [ 519, 479 ], [ 510, -2 ] ], [ [ 555, 519 ], [ 562, 502 ], [ 645, 466 ], [ 706, 429 ], [ 729, 407 ], [ 748, 377 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 520 688 Q 758 710 827 705 Q 920 702 927 705 Q 927 706 929 707 Q 936 722 923 735 Q 848 801 781 778 Q 673 757 477 733 Q 173 697 130 695 Q 123 696 116 695 Q 101 695 100 683 Q 99 670 120 654 Q 138 641 172 629 Q 184 625 203 633 Q 219 640 294 653 Q 376 674 478 684 L 520 688 Z", "M 544 524 Q 544 642 547 654 Q 551 667 541 675 Q 534 682 520 688 C 494 703 470 713 478 684 Q 499 648 485 268 Q 473 39 480 22 Q 486 6 498 -8 Q 511 -24 523 -5 Q 553 53 546 104 Q 540 161 544 492 L 544 524 Z", "M 544 492 Q 620 446 712 378 Q 733 360 749 359 Q 759 359 765 371 Q 775 387 753 430 Q 723 493 544 524 C 514 529 518 508 544 492 Z" ] } 3 strokes 下 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 110, 667 ], [ 188, 649 ], [ 777, 729 ], [ 916, 703 ] ], [ [ 479, 670 ], [ 517, 631 ], [ 506, -17 ] ], [ [ 545, 493 ], [ 698, 415 ], [ 753, 349 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M520,674C643,690 729,694 770,693C816,693 905,682 917,691C925,699 918,712 911,719C859,765 813,770 770,762C698,750 540,725 477,717C274,693 159,680 120,679C87,679 104,653 124,638C133,631 156,614 176,613C193,613 232,626 257,631C314,645 403,660 472,668C504,672 504,672 520,674Z", "M544,504C544,664 574,632 520,674C507,684 466,683 472,668C480,654 488,618 488,480C487,367 475,119 469,59C465,30 483,-2 496,-15C505,-23 515,-25 523,-12C539,17 547,47 546,89C544,120 544,328 544,472C544,493 544,493 544,504Z", "M544,472C555,460 583,447 710,360C724,350 735,342 747,341C752,341 758,346 763,353C769,364 765,384 751,412C730,454 663,484 544,504C534,506 535,478 544,472Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.