低温
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low temperature
❄️🌡️ 低 = low + 温 = warm/temperature → low temperature
低 means low (as in 低头 lower one's head), 温 means warm or temperature (as in 温度 wēndù). Together: low temperature. Contrast with 高温 gāowēn (high temperature).
低 — person radical 亻 + 氐 (base)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 亻 (person) gives the meaning, while 氐 supplies the sound and originally depicted something reaching the ground or base. Together they suggest a person bowing low, which extended to the general sense of 'low' in height, position, or degree.