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降
JLPT N3 SL6 10 strokes Frequency: #596

Meanings

Descend, Precipitate, Fall, Surrender

Radicals

阝

Decomposition

βΏ°ι˜ε€…

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hill

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
2 unknown right-to-left
3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal right-to-left
5 corner top-right-to-bottom-left
6 diagonal right-to-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
9 horizontal bottom-to-top
10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚΄ go
コウ kou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
くだ kuda
お o
ち fu

Words Using This Kanji

189 words total
Other (20 words)
θ‘€εœ§ι™δΈ‹ε‰€ け぀あ぀こうかざい

anti-hypertensive agent

ζ˜‡ι™ζ©Ÿ しょうこうき

elevator

滑降 かっこう

descent (esp. in skiing)

臣籍降下 しんせきこうか

(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state

ι™ιœŠ γ“γ†γ‚Œγ„

communication with the dead

η₯žι™γ‚γ— γ‹γΏγŠγ‚γ—

invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor

ζ²ˆι™ζ΅·ε²Έ γ‘γ‚“γ“γ†γ‹γ„γŒγ‚“

submerged shoreline

積み降ろし γ€γΏγŠγ‚γ—

loading and unloading

ε€§ι™γ‚Š γŠγŠγΆγ‚Š

heavy rain

θ–ιœŠι™θ‡¨η₯­ γ›γ„γ‚Œγ„γ“γ†γ‚Šγ‚“γ•γ„

Pentecost

θ΅€θ‘€ηƒζ²ˆι™ι€ŸεΊ¦ せっけっきゅうけんこうそくど

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

降任 こうにん

demotion

降ι›ͺ量 γ“γ†γ›γ€γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

amount of snowfall

ι™ι›¨ζž— γ“γ†γ†γ‚Šγ‚“

rainforest

降壇 こうだん

leaving the platform

ι™εœ§ε‰€ こうあ぀ざい

drug to lower blood pressure

降格人事 γ“γ†γ‹γγ˜γ‚“γ˜

demotion

ι™θ»Šε£ こうしゃぐけ

exit (for disembarking passengers)

降ひょう こうひょう

hailstorm

δΈ‹ι™η·š かこうせん

downward curve