JLPT N5 · い-adjective

低い (hikui)

低い (ひくい, hikui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひくい
Romaji: hikui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) · い-adjective
low (position); close to the ground · い-adjective
short (height) · い-adjective
deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume) · い-adjective

Example sentences

この机は私にはちょっと低い。

This desk is a little low for me.

Tatoeba #222523

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 低い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	低い	ひくい hikui
Negative	低くない	ひくくない hikukunai
Past	低かった	ひくかった hikukatta
Negative past	低くなかった	ひくくなかった hikukunakatta
Te-form	低くて	ひくくて hikukute
Adverb (~ku)	低く	ひくく hikuku
Conditional (~ba)	低ければ	ひくければ hikukereba

Kanji in 低い

低

lower, short, humbleテイ・ひく.い・ひく.める · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 低い.

最低さいていleast低下ていかfall低ていlow (level, value, price, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1434180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.