降
commondescend; precipitate; fall; surrender
Radical: 阜 (mound). Strokes: 10画. Elements: 夂⻖十. Variants: 夅. . Hangul: 항 [hang] 강 [gang]. Nanori: ふり / ふるfuri / furu.
Jōyō Kanji 6th Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| コウKŌ | 急降下【きゅうこうかkyūkōka】swoop; nose dive 降圧剤【こうあつざいkōatsuzai】drug to lower blood pressure; antihypertensive 沈降【ちんこうchinkō】precipitate; settle |
| ゴGO | 降三世明王【ごうざんぜみょうおうgōzanzemyōō】Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja; conqueror of the three worlds 降魔【ごうまgōma】conquering the devil |
| おりるoriru | 滑り降りる【すべりおりるsuberioriru】to slide down (a hill) (e.g. ski, toboggan); to slip down 飛び降りる【とびおりるtobioriru】to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of 降りる【おりるoriru】to descend (e.g. a mountain); to alight (e.g. from bus); to step down; to be granted; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; i.e. of a roundworm) |
| おろすorosu | 降ろす【おろすorosu】to take down (e.g. flag); to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to withdraw money from an account; to wear (clothing) for the first time; to fillet (e.g. a fish) 引き降ろす【ひきおろすhikiorosu】to haul down; to drag down 乗客を降ろす【じょうきゃくをおろすjōkyakuwōrosu】to discharge passengers |
| ふるfuru | 降る【ふるfuru】to precipitate; to fall (e.g. rain) 土降る【つちふるtsuchifuru】to rain dust; to have a dust storm 猫耳を洗うと雨が降る【ねこみみをあらうとあめがふるnekomimiwoarautoamegafuru】if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming |
| ふりfuri | 降り積もる【ふりつもるfuritsumoru】to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick 降り出す【ふりだすfuridasu】to begin to rain 降り注ぐ【ふりそそぐfurisosogu】to rain incessantly; to downpour |
| くだるkudaru | 降る【くだるkudaru】to descend; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to have the runs 天降る【あまくだるamakudaru】to descend from heaven |
| くだすkudasu | 降す【くだすkudasu】to make (a decision); to let go down; to do oneself |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 964d | – | Unicode |
| 25-63 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-7 | – | SKIP |
| 2d7.7 | – | TKD |
| 7725.4 | – | Four Corner |
| 3655 | – | De Roo |
| 4994 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 6450 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 458 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 335 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1308 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 787 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 1058 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 887 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 41620 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 11 p. 822 |
| 863 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 947 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 984 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 873 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 898 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 136 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 731 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1317 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |