下 (xià) · down

下 (xià) means “down”. It is made of 一 + 卜 and has 3 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 下 into its parts

What 下 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke
• 卜 bo — divination
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 丶 — dot

Origin hint: One stroke under another; compare 上 (above) (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

下 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 下

• 楼下lóuxiàdownstairs
• 下班xiàbānto finish work
• 下边xiàbianbelow
• 下车xiàchēto get off a vehicle
• 下次xiàcìnext time
• 下课xiàkèto finish class
• 下午xiàwǔafternoon
• 下雨xiàyǔto rain
• 一下儿yīxiàra little while
• 坐下zuòxiato sit down
• 放下fàngxiàto put down
• 接下来jiēxiàláinext
• 零下língxiàbelow zero
• 留下liúxiàto leave behind
• 下雪xià xuěto snow
• 下周xià zhōunext week
• 以下yǐxiàbelow
• 底下dǐxiaunder
• 下来xiàlaito come down
• 下面xiàmiànbelow
• 下去xiàqùto go down
• 地下dìxiàunderground
• 停下tíngxiàto stop
• 下个月xià gè yuènext month
• 下降xiàjiàngto decline
• 下楼xià lóuto go downstairs
• 下载xiàzǎito download
• 一下yīxiàa bit (after a verb)
• 不相上下bùxiāngshàngxiàabout the same
• 下属xiàshǔsubordinate
• 线下xiànxiàoffline

Also built with 一

• 七qīseven
• 万wànten thousand
• 丈zhànggentleman
• 三sānthree
• 上shàngon
• 不bùnot
• 与yǔand
• 专zhuānconcentrated
• 且qiěmoreover
• 丘qiūmound
• 丙bǐngthird
• 业yèbusiness

Quick facts

Questions about 下