Keyword
to drop
- to descend
- to fall
- to lower
- Frequency
- #752
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
jiàng67%
xiáng33%
Mnemonic
阝 (hill) gives the meaning and 夅 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
降低
to reduce; to lower; to bring down
下降
to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
投降
to surrender
降
to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
降
to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
降落
to descend; to land
降临
to descend; to arrive; to come
降价
to cut the price; to drive down the price; to get cheaper
空降
to drop from the sky; (fig.) to appear out of nowhere; (attributive) airborne
降温
to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline
降雨
precipitation; rainfall
升降
rising and falling
降水
rain and snow; precipitation (meteorology)
降级
to demote; to relegate; to degrade
降水量
precipitation (meteorology); measured quantity of rain
起降
(of aircraft) to take off and land
降下
to fall; to drop
降雨量
precipitation; quantity of rainfall
迫降
to force a plane to land
从天而降
(idiom) to fall from the sky; (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
降雪
to snow; snowfall
降落伞
parachute
空降兵
paratrooper; airborne troops
降幅
degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc); decline; drop