Readings
Kun readingお.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す - 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 offon and after; from ... onward; sincedescent; fall; drop; decline; downturndescent (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 offto slide down; to slip down Practice Writing
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