降 — descend, precipitate, fall

ふる降 descend

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+964D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #596 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1405 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

descend
precipitate
fall
surrender

word

ふ fu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

降(ふ) る furu to fall (rain, snow)

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

以(い) 降(こう) ikou from then on 下(か) 降(こう) kakou descent

お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

降(お) りる oriru to get off 降(お) ろす orosu to lower

Appears in idioms

雨降って地固まる諺

rain falls and the ground hardens

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

阝 mound

夅 descend (component)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#170 阜 mound