# 低

| 低 | U+4F4E, &#20302; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F4E |
| ← 位 [U+4F4D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 住 → [U+4F4F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

低 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹心一 (OHPM) or 人竹女戈 (OHVI), four-corner 2224$_0$, composition ⿰亻氐)

#### Derived characters

* 𠴓, 𡌠, 𱻍, 𬺙, 𦰣, 𩃐, 𫢵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 504
* Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 4
* Unihan data for U+4F4E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 低
* Small seal scripts05919
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 低 | *tiːl |
| 氐 | *tiːl, *til |
| 袛 | *tiːl |
| 羝 | *tiːl |
| 眡 | *tiːl, *djilʔ |
| 岻 | *tiːl, *dil |
| 奃 | *tiːl |
| 趆 | *tiːl, *tiːls |
| 柢 | *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls |
| 邸 | *tiːlʔ |
| 底 | *tiːlʔ |
| 詆 | *tiːlʔ, *diːl |
| 坻 | *tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil |
| 抵 | *tiːlʔ |
| 牴 | *tiːlʔ |
| 觝 | *tiːlʔ |
| 弤 | *tiːlʔ |
| 軧 | *tiːlʔ |
| 骶 | *tiːls |
| 砥 | *tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils |
| 胝 | *til |
| 疷 | *til |
| 秪 | *til |
| 泜 | *dil |
| 蚳 | *dil |
| 彽 | *dil |
| 阺 | *dil |
| 貾 | *dil |
| 祗 | *tjil |
| 厎 | *tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ |
| 茋 | *tjilʔ |
| 鴟 | *tʰjil |
| 汦 | *kjeʔ, *tjil |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tiːl): semantic 亻 (“man, person”) + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til) – a person lowering themselves, bowing.

### Etymology 1

Cognate with 底 (OC *tiːlʔ, “bottom”), 柢 (OC *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls, “root of a tree; base”), Tibetan མཐིལ (mthil, “bottom; floor”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dī (di$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ди (di, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tâi
    (Hailu, HRS): dai$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): dai$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): di$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dă̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): te / ti
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ti
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dī
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: di
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^1$
*** Yale: dī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ди (di, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^1$
*** Yale: dāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâi
*** Hakka Romanization System: dai$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tai̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: dai$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tai⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: dai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /taɪ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: di$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ti¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dă̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: da̤
*** Sinological IPA : /te⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te
*** Tâi-lô: te
*** Phofsit Daibuun: def
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /te⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /te³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti
*** Tâi-lô: ti
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti
*** Sinological IPA : /ti³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ti
*** MiniDict: ti$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ti
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ti⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: tej
Rime :
| Character | 低 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都奚切 |
| Baxter | tej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /tei/ |
| Wang Li | /tiei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 低 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2234 |
| Phonetic component | 氐 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 低 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiːl/ |

#### Definitions

低
* low (of height)
* low (of quantity); behind average
       Tāmen bàoyuàn gōngzī guò dī. [Pinyin]
       They complained that the wages were too low.
    低糖的高纖豆漿／低糖的高纤豆浆 ― dī táng de gāo xiān dòujiāng ― Low Sugar, High Fiber Soy Milk
* low (of voice); quiet; soft
* (Cantonese) down (adverb)
    寫低／写低 [Cantonese] ― se$^2$ dai$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to write down
* (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) short (in stature)
* to lower; to hang (one's head); to bend; to bow

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 低 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 低 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 低 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 低 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 低 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 低 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 低 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 矮, 低 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 低, 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 低 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 低, 矮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 低 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 低 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 低 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 低 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 低 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 低, 矮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 低, 矮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 低 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 矮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 下, 矮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 下 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 下 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 下 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 下 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 下 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 下 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 下 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 下 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 下, 矮 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 下 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 下 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 下 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 下 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 低 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 低 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 低, 矮 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 低, 矮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 低, 矮 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 低, 矮, 下 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 低, 矮 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 矮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 矮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 矮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 矮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 矮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 低 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 矮, 矬, 低 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 矮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 矮, 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 矮, 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 矬, 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 矮, 矮矬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 矮, 矬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 矮 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 矮 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 矮 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 矮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 矮 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 矮 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 矮 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 矮 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 矮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 矮, 低 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Datong | 低 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 矮, 低 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 矮 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 矮, 低 |
| Jin | Linhe | 矬 |
| Jin | Jining | 矬 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 矬 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 矬 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Handan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 矮 |
| Jin | Suide | 矮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 矮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 矮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 矮 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 矮 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 矮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 矮, 短 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 矮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 矮 |
| Wu | Danyang | 矮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 矮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 矮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 矮 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 短 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 矮 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 矮 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 矮 |

#### Compounds

* 七高八低
* 不知高低
* 不識高低 / 不识高低
* 不顧高低 / 不顾高低
* 伏低
* 伏低做小
* 低B
* 低下 (dīxià)
* 低三下四 (dīsānxiàsì)
* 低亞 / 低亚
* 低估 (dīgū)
* 低低
* 低低地
* 低俗 (dīsú)
* 低價 / 低价 (dījià)
* 低元音
* 低凹 (dī'āo)
* 低利
* 低利率
* 低劣 (dīliè)
* 低吟 (dīyín)
* 低啞 / 低哑
* 低唱 (dīchàng)
* 低嚷
* 低回 (dīhuí)
* 低地 (dīdì)
* 低地國 / 低地国
* 低垂 (dīchuí)
* 低壓 / 低压 (dīyā)
* 低壓帶 / 低压带
* 低姿勢 / 低姿势
* 低姿態 / 低姿态 (dīzītài)
* 低平 (dīpíng)
* 低年級 / 低年级
* 低幼兒童 / 低幼儿童
* 低幼讀物 / 低幼读物
* 低度 (dīdù)
* 低廉 (dīlián)
* 低徊 (dīhuí)
* 低徊不已
* 低微 (dīwēi)
* 低心
* 低收入
* 低收入戶 / 低收入户
* 低昂
* 低智 (dīzhì)
* 低標準 / 低标准
* 低檔 / 低档 (dīdàng)
* 低欄 / 低栏
* 低氣壓 / 低气压 (dīqìyā)
* 低沉 (dīchén)
* 低波
* 低淺 / 低浅
* 低溼 / 低湿
* 低溫 / 低温 (dīwēn)
* 低溫殺菌 / 低温杀菌
* 低溫食品 / 低温食品
* 低潮 (dīcháo)
* 低物件
* 低盪 / 低荡
* 低眉
* 低矮 (dī'ǎi)
* 低碳 (dītàn)
* 低碳經濟 / 低碳经济 (dītàn jīngjì)
* 低空 (dīkōng)
* 低窪 / 低洼 (dīwā)
* 低等 (dīděng)
* 低等動物 / 低等动物 (dīděng dòngwù)
* 低筋麵粉 / 低筋面粉 (dījīn miànfěn)
* 低級 / 低级 (dījí)
* 低級趣味 / 低级趣味 (dījí qùwèi)
* 低緯度 / 低纬度
* 低聲 / 低声 (dīshēng)
* 低聲下氣 / 低声下气 (dīshēng xiàqì)
* 低聲密語 / 低声密语
* 低胸 (dīxiōng)
* 低脂
* 低能 (dīnéng)
* 低能兒 / 低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
* 低落 (dīluò)
* 低薪
* 低處 / 低处 (dīchù)
* 低血壓 / 低血压 (dīxuèyā)
* 低血糖 (dīxuètáng)
* 低語 / 低语 (dīyǔ)
* 低調 / 低调 (dīdiào)
* 低謳 / 低讴 (dī'ōu)
* 低谷 (dīgǔ)
* 低賤 / 低贱 (dījiàn)
* 低迷 (dīmí)
* 低迴 / 低回 (dīhuí)
* 低迷不振
* 低速 (dīsù)
* 低速檔 / 低速档
* 低進 / 低进
* 低鈉鹽 / 低钠盐
* 低階 / 低阶 (dījiē)
* 低靡
* 低音 (dīyīn)
* 低音提琴 (dīyīn tíqín)
* 低頭 / 低头 (dītóu)
* 低頭不語 / 低头不语 (dītóubùyǔ)
* 低頭受縛 / 低头受缚
* 低頭喪氣 / 低头丧气
* 低頭屈膝 / 低头屈膝
* 低頻率 / 低频率
* 低額 / 低额
* 低顏 / 低颜
* 低顏下膝 / 低颜下膝
* 低首下心
* 低體溫症 / 低体温症 (dītǐwēnzhèng)
* 低鬟
* 低鹽飲食 / 低盐饮食
* 低點 / 低点
* 使低嘴
* 偏低
* 做小伏低
* 最低工資 / 最低工资 (zuìdī gōngzī)
* 冷低壓 / 冷低压
* 半低元音
* 壓低 / 压低 (yādī)
* 夜幕低垂
* 山高水低
* 忽高忽低
* 懸低 / 悬低 (koân-kē) (Min Nan)
* 手高手低
* 撳頭低 / 揿头低
* 斂首低眉 / 敛首低眉
* 服低做小
* 服低捋
* 比個高低 / 比个高低
* 沒高沒低 / 没高没低
* 淺斟低唱 / 浅斟低唱
* 淺斟低謳 / 浅斟低讴
* 淺斟低酌 / 浅斟低酌
* 減低 / 减低 (jiǎndī)
* 熱帶低壓 / 热带低压
* 牙縫高低 / 牙缝高低
* 眉低眼慢
* 眉眼高低
* 眉高眼低
* 眼高手低 (yǎngāoshǒudī)
* 知高識低 / 知高识低
* 腳高步低 / 脚高步低
* 若高若低
* 菩薩低眉 / 菩萨低眉 (púsà dī méi)
* 見高低 / 见高低
* 言語高低 / 言语高低
* 言高語低 / 言高语低
* 調低 / 调低 (tiáodī)
* 貶低 / 贬低 (biǎndī)
* 超低溫 / 超低温 (chāodīwēn)
* 輕偎低傍 / 轻偎低傍
* 逢低承接
* 開低走低 / 开低走低
* 開低走軟 / 开低走软
* 開低走高 / 开低走高
* 開高走低 / 开高走低
* 附耳低言
* 降低 (jiàngdī)
* 隨高就低 / 随高就低
* 風吹草低 / 风吹草低
* 高低 (gāodī)
* 高低不平
* 高低槓 / 高低杠 (gāodīgàng)
* 高低起伏
* 高高低低

#### See also

* 矮 (ǎi)
* 短 (duǎn)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kě / kē / kēe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gê$^6$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kě
*** Tâi-lô: kě
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ke²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kē
*** Tâi-lô: kē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ke
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ke²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ke³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kēe
*** Tâi-lô: kēe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gê$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /ke³⁵/

#### Definitions

低
* (Southern Min) Alternative form of 下 (“low”)

### References

* “低”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “低”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 151.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* low
* short
* humble

#### Readings

* Go-on: たい (tai)
* Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
* Kun: ひくい (hikui, 低い, Jōyō)、ひくまる (hikumaru, 低まる, Jōyō)、ひくめる (hikumeru, 低める, Jōyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

低 (eumhun 낮을 저 (najeul jeo))
* hanja form of 저 (“low”)
* hanja form of 저 (“cheap”)

#### Compounds

* 저렴 (低廉, jeoryeom, “cheap”)
* 저속 (低速, jeosok, “slow”)

## Tày
### Adjective

低 (đây)
* Nôm form of đây (“good, beautiful”).

## Vietnamese
### Han character

低: Hán Nôm readings: đây, đay, đê
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation