What is the Kanji for "Descend" and "Fall"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Descend" and "Fall", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Descend" and "Fall" is "降".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "O" and "Fu".

Its onyomi reading is "Kou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "⻖" . And The component "夅" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "降" mean in japanese?

"降" means "Descend" and "Fall".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

以降: "From now on". The noun '以降 (いこう)' means 'from now on'. It is used to indicate a point in time from which something will happen or be true. This word is often used to describe future events or time periods. For example: From now on, I will study harder - (以降、もっと一生懸命に勉強します). The changes will take effect from April 1st onwards - (4月1日以降、変更が発効します).

降りる: "Descend" or "Get off". The Japanese verb '降りる (おりる)' means 'to descend' or 'to get off'. It is used to describe the action of moving downward, such as getting off a train, bus, or airplane. It can also be used to refer to the act of descending from a higher place to a lower one. For example: I got off the train at the next station - (私は次の駅で電車を降りた)。The bird descended from the tree - (鳥が木から降りた)。

降る: "Fall". The Japanese verb '降る (ふる)' means 'to fall'. This verb is used to describe the action of something descending from above, such as rain, snow, or leaves. It can also be used figuratively to describe things like 'prices falling' or 'night falling'. For example: It's raining - (雨が降っている). Snow is falling - (雪が降っている).

雨降り: "Rain". The noun '雨降り (あめふり)' refers to the act or state of raining. It describes the weather when precipitation in the form of water droplets is falling from the sky. This term is often used to describe a steady or continuous rainfall. For example: It's raining - (雨が降っている). The rain is falling heavily - (雨がひっきりなしに降っている).

乗り降り: "Boarding" or "Alighting". The verbal noun '乗り降り (のりおり)' refers to the action of boarding and alighting (getting on and off) a vehicle, such as a train, bus, or car. It can be used to describe the process of getting on and off transportation. For example: I had trouble with boarding and alighting the train - (電車に乗り降りするのに困難があった). Please be careful when boarding and alighting the bus - (バスに乗り降りする際は気をつけてください).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "お" is read as "o". The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". And The hiragana "ふ" is read as "fu".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.