JLPT N4 · Getting around

地下

ちか

underground

Stroke order of 地下

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

地 · 6 strokes下 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

Ground (地) with below (下): beneath the earth.

Parts: 地 ground + 下 below

The characters in 地下

下した — down; below (3 strokes)

Example sentence

地下に店があります。

ちかにみせがあります。

There is a shop underground.

Words with 地

地下鉄subway 地方region; the provinces 地理geography 地元hometown; local area 土地land; plot 大地the earth; ground 地面ground 地位position; status 団地housing complex 地図map 地区district 地震earthquake 目的地destination 地域region; area 遊園地amusement park 地球the earth 意地悪mean; nasty 地味plain; sober

Words with 下

下down; below 下がるto go down; to fall 下さるto give (honorific)地下鉄subway 下手unskilful; bad at 部下subordinate 廊下hallway; corridor 値下げprice cut 下旬last third of a month 下痢diarrhea 以下or less; below 上下up and down 下品vulgar 靴下socks

More words: Getting around

運ぶto carry 飛行場airfield; airport 新幹線bullet train 駐車parking 停留所bus stop 見送るto see off 旅journey 海外overseas 帰国returning to one's country 通るto pass through 線line; track

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