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降

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • descend
  • precipitate
  • fall
  • surrender

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コウ
  • ゴ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • お.りる
  • お.ろす
  • ふ.る
  • ふ.り
  • くだ.る
  • くだ.す
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#357
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
阜#170 · mound

Components

Common Words

  • 降りるおりるIchidan verb
    to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down
  • 下降かこうNoun
    descent, fall, drop
  • 以降いこうNoun
    on and after, from ... onward, since
  • 滑降かっこうNoun
    descent (esp. in skiing), sliding down, skiing down
  • 降雨こううNoun
    rainfall, rain
  • 降水量こうすいりょうNoun
    amount of precipitation, precipitation
  • 降伏こうふくNoun
    surrender, capitulation, submission
  • 乗降じょうこうNoun
    getting on and off, embarking and disembarking

Practice in Kanjiru

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