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降

Kanji meanings and readings

降

N3

descend; precipitate; fall; surrender

On reading
コウ、ゴ
Kun reading
お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す
Radical
阜
Illustration of 下降
N2

かこう

downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence

Illustration of 以降
N2

いこう

on and after; hereafter; thereafter

Illustration of 降りる
N5

おりる

to get off; to descend

Illustration of 降り出す
N4

ふりだす

to start to rain

Illustration of 降る
N5

ふる

to fall (e.g. rain or snow)

Illustration of 降ろす
N3

おろす

to take down; to launch; to drop

Illustration of 降伏
N1

こうふく

capitulation; surrender; submission

Illustration of 降水
N1

こうすい

rainfall; precipitation