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降 お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す descend, precipitate, fall, surrender 3 596 10 170 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ 会意 Compound Ideographic Sunglasses-missing-one-lens is obviously the monocle. The proper, high-class way to descend The Pinnacle is wearing a monocle with your walking legs splayed to a full gentlemanly stride.

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コウ、ゴ ふり, ふる 以降(いこう): on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since下降(かこう): downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence降伏(こうふく): capitulation; surrender; submission降る(ふる): to precipitate; to fall (e.g. rain)降水(こうすい): rainfall; precipitation降り出す(ふりだす): to begin to rain 6 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170)夅: to descend; to come down from heaven; to send down 阜 8 (none) descend After a cool, hip businessman angered the executives at The Pinnacle, they beat him up, popping out a lens from his sunglasses, and tossed out the window, head first, walking legs second. One executive later commented, "It was like he was descending into Hell from Heaven!".

Kanji	降
Onyomi	コウ、ゴ
Kunyomi	お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す
Nanori	ふり, ふる
English	descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
Examples	以降(いこう): on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since 下降(かこう): downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence 降伏(こうふく): capitulation; surrender; submission 降る(ふる): to precipitate; to fall (e.g. rain) 降水(こうすい): rainfall; precipitation 降り出す(ふりだす): to begin to rain
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	596
Components	阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 夅: to descend; to come down from heaven; to send down
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	阜
Radical Number	170
Radical Strokes	8
Radical Reading	こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	descend
Koohii Story 1	Sunglasses-missing-one-lens is obviously the monocle. The proper, high-class way to descend The Pinnacle is wearing a monocle with your walking legs splayed to a full gentlemanly stride.
Koohii Story 2	After a cool, hip businessman angered the executives at The Pinnacle, they beat him up, popping out a lens from his sunglasses, and tossed out the window, head first, walking legs second. One executive later commented, "It was like he was descending into Hell from Heaven!".

Descend Walking Legs 降 コウ、ゴ お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す ふり ふる

Descend Walking Legs 降コウ、ゴお.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.すふりふる