降
コウ・ゴ・おりる・おろす
Get off, descend, fall (rain, snow)
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝
- 音読み
- コウ、ゴ
- 訓読み
- お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る
Meaning
Get off, descend, fall (rain, snow) · bajar, caer (lluvia)
Readings
- On (音読み): コウ・ゴ
- Kun (訓読み): お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る
Example words
- 降りる（おりる）— to get off; go down
- 雨が降る（あめがふる）— it rains
- 以降（いこう）— from ... onward
Structure
Radical 阜 written as 阝 here (こざとへん · Mound, hill (left side)) · 10 strokes · school grade 6
Watch out
Two verbs in one kanji: 降りる (get off: バスを降りる, with を like bajar del bus) and 降る (rain/snow falls: 雨が降る). Spanish llueve has no subject; Japanese makes the rain the subject. 阝 on the LEFT = hill; compare 都 (阝 on the right).
Common mistakes
- Two verbs in one kanji: 降りる (get off: バスを降りる, with を like bajar del bus) and 降る (rain/snow falls: 雨が降る). Spanish llueve has no subject; Japanese makes the rain the subject. 阝 on the LEFT = hill; compare 都 (阝 on the right).
Examples
降りるおりる
to get off; go down
雨が降るあめがふる
it rains
以降いこう
from ... onward
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