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下

した

under, below

Mnemonic

Your purse has been under the desk the entire time you have been turning the house over. You have been sat した on it: した.

Worth knowing

Same kanji as 下 もと. した is physically underneath. It also reads か and げ in compounds. 地下 ちか is underground.

Built from

under, below
A mark sitting below the line, the mirror of 上.

Also read した

tongue

Words sharing these kanji

under (the supervision of) to go down, to come down hallway to come down, to hang down, to fall underground subordinate to lower, to turn down to look down, to overlook bad at, poor

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