降

音読おんよみ: コウ

訓読くんよみ:りる・おろす・ふ

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 阝(こざとへん)

Meaning

Descend / Get Off / Lower / Fall

  • 降車こうしゃ — getting off a vehicle
  • 降雨こうう — rainfall
  • 降格こうかく — demotion
  • 以降いこう — after / from this point on
  • りる — to get off / to go down
  • ろす — to unload / to let off
  • る — to fall (rain, snow)

降 is used for moving downward from a higher point, literally or figuratively. It’s common in transportation (getting off), weather (rainfall), and status change (降格). The radical 阝(こざとへん)relates to hills or mounds, hinting at movement over terrain.

雨
Creates
降雨こうう — rainfall
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