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Kanji Grade 6 - 降

Kanji character Grade 6 降. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 6 - 降
About
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
10 strokes
Radical: mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts: 十 夂 阡
 
Onyomi
降格 【コウカク】 demotion
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】 Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month), service (held on April 8) celebrating the birth of the Buddha.
 
Kunyomi
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)
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