Hanzi Explorer
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Hanzi breakdown

Explore how a character is built, identify its meaning and sound components, then practise writing it stroke by stroke.

Enter up to eight Chinese characters. Detailed breakdowns cover all 625 characters used in HSK 1–3 here.

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Character breakdownxià / top–bottom / Meaning compound
下
xià

Origin clue: One stroke under another; compare 上 (above)

Strokes

Components

Part / top一yīonePart / bottom卜bǔdivination
下xià
Structuretop–bottom
Radical一one
TypeMeaning compound

How it works

下 is a meaning compound: its parts are combined to express an idea.

Common words 4

  • 下午 HSK 1xiàwǔafternoon
  • 下雨 HSK 1xià yǔto rain
  • 下面 HSK 1xiàmiànunder · below
  • 一下 HSK 2yí xiàused after a verb to indicate a brief action