低

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

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #551 U+4F4E

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

components: 亻氐

low · Heisig RSH #1375

人 person + calling card

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 氐

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 氐 (dǐ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
氐 sound component	dǐ	the name of an ancient tribe
底	dǐ	bottom, underside; below, underneath
抵	dǐ	to resist; to arrive; mortgage
邸	dǐ	official residence
鸱	chī	kite, horned owl; wine cups
坻	dǐ	islet; river delta, embankment; to stop
胝	zhī	corn, callus
砥	dǐ	whetstone; to polish
柢	dǐ	root, base
牴	dǐ	to butt, to gore; to resist
诋	dǐ	to slander; to condem, to reproach
羝	dī	ram, he-goat
骶	dǐ	coccyx, sacrum
祗	zhī	to revere, to respect, to look up to

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
低平火山口	dī píng huǒ shān kǒu	maar
眼高手低	yǎn gāo shǒu dī	to have high standards but little ability; to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
一见高低	yī jiàn gāo dī	lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom); fig. to cross swords with; to loc…
低三下四	dī sān xià sì	servile
低音大号	dī yīn dà hào	tuba
高分低能	gāo fēn dī néng	high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
低头族	dī tóu zú	smartphone addicts
高不成低不就	gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù	can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too p…
低开高走	dī kāi gāo zǒu	(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price b…
低成本	dī chéng běn	low cost; inexpensive
低首下心	dī shǒu xià xīn	to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
低音管	dī yīn guǎn	bassoon
低能儿	dī néng ér	retarded child; moron; idiot
低头	dī tóu	to bow the head; to yield; to give in
低地	dī dì	lowland
低空飞过	dī kōng fēi guò	to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
不识高低	bù shí gāo dī	can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
低分	dī fēn	low marks; low score
高低	gāo dī	height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the neg…
高高低低	gāo gāo dī dī	high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)