低 Kanji – lower
The Japanese kanji 低 can mean lower, short, humble.
Meaning and Readings
How is 低 read?
低 has the onyomi reading テイ and the kunyomi readings ひくい, ひくめる, ひくまる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as tei, hikui, hikumeru, hikumaru.
Common Japanese Words Using 低
These common Japanese words contain 低. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 高低（こうてい） — high and low, rise and fall
- 最低（さいてい） — least, lowest, minimum
- 最低限（さいていげん） — minimum
- 低い（ひくい） — low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)
- 低める（ひくめる） — to lower, to be lowered
- 低下（ていか） — fall, decline, lowering, deterioration, degradation
- 低価格（ていかかく） — low price
- 低学年（ていがくねん） — lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
- 低気圧（ていきあつ） — low (atmospheric) pressure, low-pressure system, depression, cyclone
- 低減（ていげん） — decrease, reduction, fall, depreciation, mitigation