降

降 — descend, precipitate, fall

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 10
Taught in: School year 6
Frequency: #596 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: こう kou

ご go
Kun'yomi: お.りる o.riru

お.ろす o.rosu

ふ.る fu.ru

ふ.り fu.ri

くだ.る kuda.ru

くだ.す kuda.su

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 降

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