低

低 U+4F4E, 低
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F4E
← 位
[U+4F4D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 住 →
[U+4F4F]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

低 (radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹心一 (OHPM) or 人竹女戈 (OHVI), four-corner 22240, composition ⿰亻氐)

References
  • KangXi: page 98, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 137, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F4E

Chinese
trad. 低
simp. # 低

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 低
Small seal script

s05919

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (氐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
低 *tiːl
氐 *tiːl, *til
袛 *tiːl
羝 *tiːl
眡 *tiːl, *djilʔ
岻 *tiːl, *dil
奃 *tiːl
趆 *tiːl, *tiːls
柢 *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸 *tiːlʔ
底 *tiːlʔ
詆 *tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻 *tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵 *tiːlʔ
牴 *tiːlʔ
觝 *tiːlʔ
弤 *tiːlʔ
軧 *tiːlʔ
骶 *tiːls
砥 *tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝 *til
疷 *til
秪 *til
泜 *dil
蚳 *dil
彽 *dil
阺 *dil
貾 *dil
祗 *tjil
厎 *tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋 *tjilʔ
鴟 *tʰjil
汦 *kjeʔ, *tjil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tiːl) : semantic 亻 (“man, person”) + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til) – a person lowering themselves, bowing.

Pronunciation
Note:
  • te/ti - literary;
  • kě/kē/kēe - vernacular (俗), 下 is also used.
Rime
Character 低
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tɛj/
Li
Rong		 /tei/
Wang
Li		 /tiei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dī
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 低
Reading # 1/1
No. 2234
Phonetic
component		 氐
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 低
Old
Chinese		 /*tiːl/

Definitions

低

  1. low (of height)
  2. low (of quantity); behind average
  3. low (of voice); quiet; soft
  4. to lower; to hang (one's head); to bend; to bow

Compounds
Derived terms from 低

See also

Japanese

Kanji
低

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. low
  2. short
  3. humble

Readings

Korean

Hanja

低 • (jeo)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 저 (revised: jeo, McCune–Reischauer: cho, Yale: ce)
    • Name (hangeul): 낮다
  1. low
  2. cheap


  • 低廉 (저렴,jeoryeom) : cheap
  • 低涑 (저속,jeosok) : slow


Vietnamese

Han character

低 (đây, đay, đê)

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References
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