降

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウゴ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

お.りるお.ろすくだ.すくだ.るふ.りふ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

ふりふる

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:10

JLPT:N3

Frequency:596

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
以降	イコウ	on and after; from ... onward; since
下降	カコウ	descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
降雨	コウウ	rainfall; rain
降参	コウサン	surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
降水	コウスイ	rainfall; precipitation

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
降す	くだす	to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself; to do by oneself; to beat; to defeat; to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea; to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body; to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping
降り	くだり	down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream; downhill
降る	くだる	to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea; to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body; to depreciate oneself; to be humble
滑降	かっこう	descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; skiing down; downhill (race)
降る	ふる	to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow

year, counter for years