低い
ひくい · hikui · JLPT N5 · i-adj
low
🐜 sounds like he-cooey: he coos in a LOW voice, crouched down SHORT
hi-ku-i shares its start with 引く (hiku, to pull): pull something down and it ends up low. Opposite of 高い (takai, high/tall). Used for low height, low voice, low price level, and short stature.
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.