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降 · descend, precipitate

降 is a kanji meaning descend, precipitate, fall, surrender. It has 10 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • コウkō
  • ゴgo

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • おりるoriru
  • おろすorosu
  • ふるfuru
  • ふりfuri
  • くだるkudaru
  • くだすkudasu

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 降 · 7 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 降
WordReadingMeaningLevel
降りるおりるto get offN5
降るふるto precipitate, to fall (e.g., rain, snow, etc.)N5
降ろすおろすto take down, to launch, to dropN3
降伏こうふくcapitulation, surrender, submissionN3
以降いこうon and after, hereafterN2
下降かこうdecline, descent, fallN2
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More words that use 降
WordReadingMeaningLevel
降水こうすいrainfall, precipitationN1

Example sentence

次の駅で降ります。

つぎのえきでおります

I am getting off at the next station.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #150316 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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