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降 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
お(りる)・ふ(る)o(riru) · fu(ru)
Meaning
to descend; get off; (rain) fall

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⻖ "hill" plus 夅 "to go down"; coming down a slope — hence "to descend," and of rain, "to fall."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō降雨こうう降参こうさん下降かこう
Kunおりるoriru降りるおりる乗り降りのりおり

Compare: 下りる

Kunおろすorosu降ろすおろす

Compare: 下ろす・卸す

Kunふるfuru降るふる大降りおおぶり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 下降かこう

    descent; fall

  • 乗降じょうこう

    getting on and off

More words with this kanji

  • 降雹こうひょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

駅(えき)で電車(でんしゃ)を降(お)りた。

I got off the train at the station.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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