降 – descend, precipitate, fall

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#596 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 降 means descend, precipitate, fall, surrender. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ、ゴ (kou, go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す (oriru, orosu, furu, furi, kudaru, kudasu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	お.りる	oriru
Kun’yomi	お.ろす	orosu
Kun’yomi	ふ.る	furu
Kun’yomi	ふ.り	furi
Kun’yomi	くだ.る	kudaru
Kun’yomi	くだ.す	kudasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 夂・阡・十.

Words using 降

降るふるto fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.)降りるおりるto descend (e.g. a mountain)降伏こうふくsurrender降ろすおろすto take down以降いこうon and after下降かこうdescent降水こうすいrainfall

Example sentences

シカゴのあたりでは雨が降っていました。

It was raining around Chicago.

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ここで降りましょう。

Let's get off here.

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今朝は露が降りた。

The dew fell this morning.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥阻

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