下xià

下

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Simplified Chinese

Modern simplified form (簡體). 下 (xià, "below/down") remains unchanged from its traditional counterpart — a pictograph of a horizontal line with a stroke dropping beneath it, capturing the concept of something beneath with elegant simplicity. As a radical, it appears in 吓 (frighten), 虾 (shrimp), 厦 (mansion) and other characters.

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Shuowen

Down. A horizontal line represents the ground or a baseline, with a vertical stroke hanging beneath it to indicate position below. This simple geometric pictograph directly conveys the concept of "under" or "beneath" through the visual relationship of a line and what hangs below it.

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xià· HSK 1· Radical 一

下xià

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