降
降·descend, fall (rain)
- On-yomi
- コウ
- Kun-yomi
- おりるふる
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 降りる | おりる | to get off, to go down |
| 降る | ふる | to fall (of rain or snow) |
| 以降 | いこう | from … onward, after |
| 乗り降り | のりおり | getting on and off |
Example sentences
次の駅で降ります。
つぎのえきでおります。
I'm getting off at the next station.
朝から雨が降っています。
あさからあめがふっています。
It has been raining since this morning.
来週以降なら時間があります。
らいしゅういこうならじかんがあります。
I have time from next week onward.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 以降 as いこ — it is いこう
- 降る is for things coming down from the sky; something falling off a shelf is 落ちる
Memory aid
Picture it
The hill ⻖ with two feet stepping down it — coming down the slope.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 飛び降りるとびおりるto jump down
- 降ろすおろすto lower, to take down; to drop off (a passenger), to unload
- 降りるおりるto get off
- 降るふるto fall (rain, snow)
- 降り出すふりだすto start to rain or snow
- 以降いこうafter, from ... on
- 降水量こうすいりょうamount of precipitation, rainfall
- 降り続けるふりつづけるto keep raining or snowing
- 降り始めるふりはじめるto start raining or snowing
- 下降かこうdescent, fall, drop, downturn
- 降水こうすいprecipitation; rainfall (and snowfall)
- 降伏こうふくsurrender; capitulation; submission
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