Kanji

降

降

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

阜部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

コウ, ゴ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おりる, おろす, ふる, ふり, くだる, くだす

Nanori (Name Reading)

ふる

Common Readings

コウ, お…りる, お…ろす, ふ…る

Example sentences

降りる おりる
次の駅で電車を降ります。

I will get off the train at the next station.

注意 ちゅうい
足元に注意して階段を降りてください。

Please be careful of your footing as you go down the stairs.

降る ふる
午後から雪が降るらしい。

It seems it will snow from the afternoon.

から から
雨が降っているから傘を持っていく

Since it's raining, I'll take an umbrella.

以降 いこう
午後十時以降は外出を禁止する。

Going out after 10 PM is prohibited.

肉食妻帯 にくじきさいたい
明治維新以降、僧侶の肉食妻帯は公に許されるようになった。

Since the Meiji Restoration, meat-eating and marriage for monks have been officially permitted.

降り注ぐ ふりそそぐ
太陽の光が降り注いでいる。

Sunlight is pouring down.

燦燦 さんさん
太陽が燦燦と降り注ぐ

The sun pours down brightly.

飛び降りる とびおりる
彼は二階の窓から飛び降りた。

He jumped down from the second-floor window.

臆病風 おくびょうかぜ
彼は飛び降りようとしたが、土壇場で臆病風に吹かれた。

He was about to jump, but at the last moment he got cold feet.

Example Vocabulary

降りる

おりる

to get off; to descend

降る

ふる

to fall (rain, snow, etc.)

以降

いこう

from ... onward; since

降り注ぐ

ふりそそぐ

to pour down; to rain down; to shine down

飛び降りる

とびおりる

to jump down; to leap off

降ろす

おろす

to take down; to lower; to drop off; to withdraw

降り立つ

おりたつ

to step down (onto); to alight

降参

こうさん

surrender; submission; giving up

降伏

こうふく

surrender; capitulation

降りかかる

ふりかかる

to fall on; to befall; to happen to

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