Kanji N3

降: descend, precipitate, fall

降 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning descend, precipitate, fall, written with 10 strokes. It is read コウ, ゴ (on) and おりる, おろす, ふる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 降りる (おりる, to descend) and 降る (ふる, to fall).

降

Meanings

  • descend
  • precipitate
  • fall
  • surrender
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#596 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コウ
  • ゴ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おりる
  • おろす
  • ふる
  • ふり
  • くだる
  • くだす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 降

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 降りるおりる

    to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down

    JLPT N5
  • 降るふる

    to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down

    JLPT N5
  • 降り出すふりだす

    to begin to rain; to begin to snow

    JLPT N4
  • 以降いこう

    on and after; from ... onward; since

    JLPT N2
  • 下降かこう

    descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn

    JLPT N2
  • 降伏こうふく

    surrender; capitulation; submission

    JLPT N1
  • 降水こうすい

    rainfall; precipitation

    JLPT N1
  • 降雨こうう

    rainfall; rain

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.