低～
てい～ · tei～ · JLPT N2 · noun
low
low tei sounds like tee, the golf peg that holds the ball close to the ground
低 is the low in 低い (hikui). Its sound tei matches tee, the short peg at ground level. Compounds: 低音 (teion, low tone), 低下 (teika, decline).
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.