降 Kanji for descend

N3–N2Grade 610 strokes

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

Kun: お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す
On: コウ、ゴ

降 is the Japanese kanji for descend, precipitate, fall, surrender. It is written with 10 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る and its on reading is コウ、ゴ.

Stroke order

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Words with 降

降おりるto descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down
降ふるto fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down
降ふりrainfall, snowfall
以い降こうon and after, from ... onward, since
下か降こうdescent, fall, drop
滑かっ降こうdescent (esp. in skiing), sliding down, skiing down

Practice 降 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.