Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 10

降

Meaning in English

descend, precipitate, fall

Readings

Onyomi: コウ, ゴ Kunyomi: お.りる, お.ろす, ふ.る, ふ.り, くだ.る, くだ.す Romaji: kou, go / o.riru, o.rosu, fu.ru, fu.ri, kuda.ru, kuda.su

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降

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese descer, precipitar, cair

Spanish descender, precipitarse, caer

Korean 내려가다, 떨어지다, 추락하다

French descendre, précipiter, tomber

Italian scendere, precipitare, cadere

German herabsteigen, stürzen, fallen

Indonesian turun, tiba-tiba, jatuh

★ Vietnamese xuống, kết tủa, rơi

Thai ตกลงมา, ตก, ร่วงหล่น

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 阿 a, o / omone.ru, kuma Africa, flatter, fawn upon N1 阻 so / haba.mu thwart, separate from, prevent N1 随 zui / manima.ni, shitaga.u follow, though, notwithstanding N1 附 fu / tsu.keru, tsu.ku affixed, attach, refer to N2 隅 guu / sumi corner, nook, coin N3 阪 han / saka heights, slope, coteaux N2 防 bou / fuse.gu ward off, defend, protect N1 隔 kaku / heda.teru, heda.taru isolate, alternate, distance N1 隙 geki, kyaku, keki / suki, su.ku, su.kasu, hima crevice, fissure, discord

Word

Words with this kanji

N5 降っている futte iru is raining N5 降りる oriru get off, get down N5 降る furu fall from sky, rain, snow

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 雨が降っていたものの試合は続けられた Ame ga futte ita mono no shiai wa tsuzukerareta Despite rain game continued N3 天気予報によると明日は雨が降るらしい Tenki yohou ni yoru to ashita wa ame ga furu rashii According to the weather forecast it seems it will rain tomorrow N4 この駅で降りたほうがいいです。 Kono eki de orita hou ga ii desu. It is better to get off at this station. N4 明日は雨が降るかもしれません。 Ashita wa ame ga furu kamoshiremasen. It may rain tomorrow. N4 雨が降っているので今日は家にいます Ame ga futte iru node kyou wa ie ni imasu Since it is raining I will stay home today N4 雨が降るみたいです。 Ame ga furu mitai desu. It looks like it will rain. N4 雨が降りそうだから傘を持っていきます。 Ame ga furi sou da kara kasa o motte ikimasu. It looks like it will rain, so I will take an umbrella. N4 明日は雪が降るそうです Ashita wa yuki ga furu sou desu I heard it will snow tomorrow N4 雨が降るのを知りませんでした。 Ame ga furu no o shirimasen deshita. I did not know it would rain.