low

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

氐 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

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Evolution

低 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
低 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
低 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

low; to lower, hang, bend, bow; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline

Most common words with 低
Freq.
Word
Meaning

low

降低

to reduce

低于

to be lower than

低调

low pitch

低估

to underestimate