Memory phrase for the Kanji: 降


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Meaning fall (rain), descend

Pronunciation


oriru/rosu, furu

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged 夂 (But here perhaps: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop 止

Mnemonic


 
From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.

Radicals

hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
crossed legsThis radical is understood as sitting with crossed legs or upturned foot.
variation of footsThe radical maiashi shows two variants of foot 夕/止 with the meaning "standing opposed"
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 Vocabulary

降雪 こうせつ  snowfall, snow
下降 かこう  downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence
以降 いこう  on and after, hereafter, thereafter
降りる おりる  to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to descend (e.g. a mountain)
降る ふる  to precipitate, to fall (e.g. rain)
降ろす おろす  to take down, to launch, to drop, to lower, to let (a person) off, to unload, to discharge
降伏 こうふく  capitulation, surrender, submission
降水 こうすい  rainfall, precipitation

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