| 677 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 575 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 548 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 518 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 406 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 690 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 113 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 561 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 570 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 108 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 82 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 82 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 54 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 57 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1848 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 504 | Morohashi |
| 73 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 166 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1831 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1973 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 487 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 低 【テイ】 low (level, value, price, etc.)
- 低温 【テイオン】 low temperature
- 高低 【コウテイ】 high and low, rise and fall
- 西高東低 【セイコウトウテイ】 high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east
Kun reading compounds
- 低い 【ひくい】 low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.), low (position), close to the ground, short (height), deep (voice), in a low key, low (volume)
- 低い優先順位 【ひくいゆうせんじゅんい】 low priority (e.g. cell)
- 低める 【ひくめる】 to lower, to be lowered
- 低まる 【ひくまる】 to lower, to be lowered
Readings
- Korean:
- jeo
Spanish
- bajo
- barato
- humilde
- pequeño
- bajar
- ser bajado
Portuguese
- abaixe
- humilde
- curto
French
- bas
- petit (taille)
- humble
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 2224.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f4e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 劣 【レツ】 sub-, inferior, minor
- 劣悪 【レツアク】 poor (quality, conditions, etc.), bad, inferior, poor-quality
- 卑劣 【ヒレツ】 mean, contemptible, despicable, dirty, foul, cowardly, base
- 拙劣 【セツレツ】 clumsy, unskillful
Kun reading compounds
- 劣る 【おとる】 to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeol
Spanish
- debilidad
- inferioridad
- mala calidad
- ser inferior
- ser peor
Portuguese
- inferioridade
- está inferiorizado
- piorar
French
- infériorité
- inférieur à
- être moins bon que
| 1928 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1580 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 185 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1324 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1100 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1150 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1203 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1153 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 210 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3047 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1553 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2124 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 870 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2302 | Morohashi |
| 2395 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 524 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 862 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 926 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1062 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1145 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n3.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 9042.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 52a3 | Unicode hex code |