Memory phrase for the Kanji: 降
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降 |
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Meaning
| fall (rain), descend
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Pronunciation |
KŌ
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.
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Radicals
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阝
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hill | The 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.) |
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夂
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crossed legs | This radical is understood as sitting with crossed legs or upturned foot. |
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舛
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variation of foots | The radical maiashi shows two variants of foot 夕/止 with the meaning "standing opposed" |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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