xià
under
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.
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
Modernxià
under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*gˤraʔ | haeX | xià | down |
*m-gˤraʔ-s | haeH | xià | descend |
HSK level 1
Appears in 99.9359% of movies
53rd most common character in movies
42nd most common character in books
Strokes | 3 |
Unicode | U+4E0B |
Shuowen | “丅，底也。指事。下，篆文丅。” |
