Depicts two feet (夂、止) descending down a hill (阝).
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降
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
降
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
降 [jiàng]
to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
降 [xiáng]
to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tame
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (132)
下降 [xiàjiàng] #3,833
to decline
降低 [jiàngdī] #5,042
to reduce
降落 [jiàngluò] #3,151
to descend
投降 [tóuxiáng] #3,320
to surrender
降临 [jiànglín] #4,585
to descend
降临 [jiànglín] #4,585
to descend
降价 [jiàngjià] #23,593
to cut the price
降价 [jiàngjià] #23,593
to cut the price
降落伞 [jiàngluòsǎn] #8,413
parachute
降落伞 [jiàngluòsǎn] #8,413
parachute
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 降りる [おりる] #921
to descend (e.g. a mountain)
⭐ 下ろす [おろす] #2,311
to take down
⭐ 以降 [いこう] #2,601
on and after
⭐ 下る [くだる] #2,681
to descend
⭐ 下す [くだす] #2,761
to make a decision
腰を下ろす [こしをおろす] #3,887
to sit down
振り下ろす [ふりおろす] #4,335
to swing downward
降り注ぐ [ふりそそぐ] #4,442
to rain incessantly
⭐ 飛び降りる [とびおりる] #4,504
to jump down
降り立つ [おりたつ] #5,772
to go down and stand
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