Chinese symbol for “drop”
降
jiàng
to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drop is 降 (jiàng), defined as: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “drop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作罢 (作罷) | zuò bà | to drop (subject etc) |
| 坠落 (墜落) | zhuì luò | to fall; to drop |
| 掉 | diào | to fall; to drop |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline; to drop |
| 沉 | chén | to submerge; to immerse |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drop”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.