Keyword
descend
- precipitate
- fall
- surrender
- Frequency
- #596
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 6
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1405
Readings
コウ64%
お18%
ふ18%
Mnemonic
A small village sits through late winter, almost a year of snow, as flakes quietly descend all night.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
降り
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream; downhill
Noun
降る
to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; …
Godan verb
降る
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive
Godan verb
降りる
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; …
Ichidan verb
降す
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself; to do by oneself; …
Godan verb
降ろす
to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat); to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; …
Godan verb
降ろし
dropping; unloading; removing; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
Suffix
降臨
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
Noun