— descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

  • JLPT N3
  • 10 strokes
  • Grade 6
  • Radical 阜
  • #596 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
コウ
Kun'yomi
お.りるお.ろすふ.るふ.りくだ.るくだ.す

Example words

  • 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