Readings
Meanings
彼は自発的に降伏した。He surrendered of his own accord.tatoeba
- to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.)
- to come down
- to form (of frost)
- to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight)
- to pour in
Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘpinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · walking legs (儿) · sunglasses with one lens missing · monocle
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1405
Compound words
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour into descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get offto take down; to bring downon and after; from ... onward; sincedescent; fall; drop; decline; downturnto slide down; to slip downdescent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; skiing down; downhill (race)rainfall; raindescent; fall; drop; (atmospheric) depression; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving uprainfall; precipitationsnowfall; snowsurrender; capitulation; submission; yieldgetting on and off; embarking and disembarkingsurrenderdemotion; relegation; downgradingleaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawingamount of precipitation; precipitationspeckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frostrainfall; rainy weather; rain; rainy; wetgetting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alightingdownpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburstto rainto jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off Kun Reading Examples
彼は私の息子にどうして雨が降るのかを説明した。ふる He explained to my son why it rains.tatoebaHe walked into the rain.tatoeba He said that it was raining, and that he would stay at home.tatoeba It may snow in the evening.tatoeba Additional Examples
He came down to breakfast.tatoeba He took the heavy box down from the shelf.tatoeba He came downstairs out of the bedroom for breakfast.tatoeba Stepped down from the position of the Clan Chief.wiki The road goes down to Kumano-gawa River at Yagio.wiki 虹梁材を船から降ろす際にも船を沈める方法が用いられている。 Yagoro used the same ship sinking method when he unloaded the timbers.wikiStroke Order
10 strokes
Descend; fall (rain). ⻖ (hill) + 夅 (feet going down) — feet coming down a hill.
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