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06-17-2008, 02:12 AM
A kanji by itself has one meaning (or several!), but when you start to compound them into words it doesn't always carry the same meaning, but something related to it.
Just take the examples you gave:
下りる -> To get off/ get down
下 -> below
下がる -> to hang, to lower
They all carry a general "low", "below", "lower" description.
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