The kanji 降: meaning, readings and stroke order

降

Meaning: get off, fall
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: お（りる） oriru、お（ろす） orosu、ふ（る） furu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 阜 mound, dam
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xuống, rơi (mưa) (giáng)
Japanese: のりものからおりる。あめやゆきがふる。
Korean: 내리다 (강·항)
Chinese: 下（车）、降落

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

降こう水すい
rain and snow, precipitation
一年の 降こう水すい量を調べます。
We look up how much rain falls in a year.

お（りる） oriru · kun reading

降おりる
to get off
次の駅で 降おります。
I get off at the next station.

お（ろす） orosu · kun reading

降おろす
to unload, to take down
車から荷物を 降おろします。
I unload the bags from the car.

ふ（る） furu · kun reading

降ふる
to fall (rain, snow)
朝から雨が 降ふって います。
It has been raining since morning.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.