漢字城 Kanji Fortress

降 descend

Also: fall

On'yomi
コウ
Kun'yomi
お-りる、ふ-る
Strokes
10
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 6

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): お-りる.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
降 is written in 10 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Two feet come walking down (夅) the side of the hill (⻖) — you descend, just as rain falls down from the sky.

A common word

  • 降りる おりる to get off

Example sentences

  • あめがふっていますね。

    It's raining, isn't it?

  • つぎのえきでおります。

    I'm getting off at the next station.

Kanji that share a part

⻖ is its radical. 29 kanji share it in all.