降 — Chinese character
降
jiàng
to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
- Pinyin
- jiàng
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 阝 夅
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hill; meaning component 阝; sound component 夅
- Japanese
- 降 as a kanji
Common words with 降
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline; to drop |
| 投降 | tóu xiáng | to surrender |
| 降落 | jiàng luò | to descend; to land |
| 降临 (降臨) | jiàng lín | to descend; to arrive |
| 降价 (降價) | jiàng jià | to cut the price; to drive down the price |
| 空降 | kōng jiàng | to drop from the sky; (fig.) to appear out of nowhere |
| 降温 (降溫) | jiàng wēn | to become cooler; to lower the temperature |
| 降雨 | jiàng yǔ | precipitation; rainfall |
| 升降 | shēng jiàng | rising and falling |
| 降水 | jiàng shuǐ | rain and snow; precipitation (meteorology) |
| 降级 (降級) | jiàng jí | to demote; to relegate |
English words written with 降
降 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 3 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Analects 10.4
- Analects 18.8
- Mencius 1B.3
- Mencius 1B.11
- Mencius 3B.5
- Mencius 6A.7
- Mencius 6B.15
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