Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6
JLPT level: N3
596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
Kunyomi: お.りる, お.ろす, ふ.る, ふ.り, くだ.る, くだ.す
Onyomi: コウ, ゴ
Composition: ⻖ 夅
Radical: 阜
Reading: こざとへん
Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)
Strokes: 3
降雨量(こううりょう) amount of rainfall
以降(いこう) hereafter, thereafter
乗降客(じょうこうきゃく) passengers getting on and off
乗降口(じょうこうぐち) door for getting on and off
降下する(こうかする) descend
降参する(こうさんする) give in
降りる(おりる) get off [v.i.]
降ろす(おろす) drop off [v.t.]
降る(ふる) fall (e.g. rain) [v.i.]
降らす(ふらす) send (e.g. rain) [v.t.]
土砂降り(どしゃぶり) downpour
降格 (コウカク) demotion, relegation, downgrading
降雨 (コウウ) rainfall, rain
乗降 (ジョウコウ) getting on and off, embarking and disembarking
投降 (トウコウ) surrender
降三世明王 (ゴウザンゼミョウオウ) Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja, conqueror of the three worlds
降誕会 (ゴウタンエ) service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8), Buddha's birthday festival
降りる (おりる) 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, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
下ろす (おろす) 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, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
降る (ふる) 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
降り (ふり) rainfall, snowfall, alighting, descending
降りしきる (ふりしきる) to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.), to downpour
下る (くだる) 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, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
下す (くだす) 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, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping