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

部首ぶしゅ: 阝(こざとへん)

Meaning

Descend / Get Off / Lower / Fall

Conjugation
Tap for 降りる (get off) Tap for 降る (fall; come down)
  • 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.

バスを つぎ停留所ていりゅうじょります。
I’ll get off the bus at the next stop.

えき階段かいだんりて、左に がってください。
Go down the station stairs and turn left.

あめりたので、かさをさしました。
Since it started to rain, I opened my umbrella.

雨
Creates
降雨こうう — rainfall
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