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Kanji Information Sheet for 降 ( 
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| English: descend precipitate fall surrender | On-Yomi: コウ ゴ | Kun-Yomi: お.りる お.ろす ふ.る ふ.り くだ.る くだ.す ふり ふる |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 阜 (ぎふのふ) – left village
Henshall Mnemonic: descend hill and sit crosslegged by well
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #596 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #596 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 降りる [おりる]
(v1) to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to descend (e.g. a mountain) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降る [ふる]
(v5r) to precipitate; to fall (e.g. rain) [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 降ろす [おろす]
(v5s) to take down; to launch; to drop; to lower; to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 下降 [かこう]
(n) downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 以降 [いこう]
(n-adv,n-t) on and after; hereafter; thereafter [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 降水 [こうすい]
(n) rainfall; precipitation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降伏 [こうふく]
(n) capitulation; surrender; submission [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 土砂降り [どしゃぶり]
(n) downpour; pouring rain; cloudburst; pelting rain; heavy rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び降りる [とびおりる]
(v1) to jump down; to jump off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 霜降り [しもふり]
(n) frosting; grey; gray; salt and pepper colour [K] [D] [Jisho] - 滑降 [かっこう]
(n) descent (in skiing) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗り降り [のりおり]
(n) getting on and off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降雨 [こうう]
(n) rainfall; rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降下 [こうか]
(n) fall; descent; (plane) landing; (atmos.) depression [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降格 [こうかく]
(n,vs) demotion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降参 [こうさん]
(n,vs) giving in to [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降水量 [こうすいりょう]
(n) precipitation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降雪 [こうせつ]
(n) snowfall; snow [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降板 [こうばん]
(n,vs) leave the mound (baseball); knocked out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗降 [じょうこう]
(n) getting on and off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投降 [とうこう]
(n) surrender [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨降り [あめふり]
(n) in the rain [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.