KA GE kuda (below, low, give, inferior)

Character Etymology:

Originally two horizontal lines, the lower one being smaller to indicate below a given line. The verticle lines was added for further emphasis, as it was believed the downward tilt of the third stroke.

ASCII Art Representation:

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A listing of all on-yomi and kun-yomi readings:

on-yomi: KA GE
kun-yomi: shita shimo moto sa(keru) sa(garu) kuda(ru) kuda(ri) kuda(su) -kuda(su) kuda(saru) o(rosu) o(riru)

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: saka shito

English Definitions:

1. KA, GE: low-class, inferiority, second, or the last volume of a series.
2. kuda(ru): come down, go down, descend, be given, be less than, have diarrhea, retire, leave the capitol.
3. kuda(saru): give, confer, or oblidge.
4. kuda(sai): please give me.
5. kuda(su): let down, lower, give, confer, issue (orders), have diarrea, or lay (hands) on.
6. o(riru): go down.
7. o(rosu): take down, wear (for the first time), let off (passengers), excersize, borrow (in subtraction), reduce, remove.
8. sa(garu): hang down, dangle.
9. sa(geru): hang, wear a decoration.
10. shita: lower part, bottom, base, downstaires, below average, withdraw (money), or like the english prefix sub-.
11. kuda(ranai): trivial, worthless.
12. kuda(ri): descent, diarrea.
13. kuda(shi): purgation, evacuation.
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15. o(roshi): a grater or grated radish.
16. (o)sa(gari): an offering to deities, used clothes, leavings (of food).
17. sa(gari): decline
18. shimo: bottom, lower part, the foot, masses, the servants, the governed.
19. moto: vicinity.
20. moto ni, moto de: under (a tree); under (juristiction of).

Unicode Encoded Version:

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Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

下手 (heta): unskillful.
下位 (kai): subordinate person.
下品 (gehin): vulgarity, inferior article, person of low birth.
下界 (gekai): this world, the earth.
下着 (shitagi): underwear.
下僕 (geboku): your humble servant.

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