低
テイ, ひく.い, ひく.める, ひく.まる
lower, short, humble
JLPT2 G4 S7 F435
The relevant oracle bone form of this character shows heaped earth with a line underneath, indicating the bottom of a pile. Later, however, this element was replaced by 氐# (low). 低 adds 人 person → person hanging the head *low* → *lower*; *short*.
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