降 jiàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 夅 to descend, to fall
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
降低
jiàngdī
to lower
Characters in this word
低 dī
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 氐 the name of an ancient tribe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 价格降低了。 Jiàgé jiàngdī le. The price has gone down.
- 声音降低点。 Shēngyīn jiàngdī diǎn. Lower the volume a little.
- 风险降低了。 Fēngxiǎn jiàngdī le. The risk has gone down.