Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 降格 【コウカク】 demotion, relegation, downgrading
  • 降雨 【コウウ】 rainfall, rain
  • 乗降 【ジョウコウ】 getting on and off, embarking and disembarking
  • 投降 【トウコウ】 surrender
  • 降三世明王 【ゴウザンゼミョウオウ】 Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja, conqueror of the three worlds
  • 降誕会 【ゴウタンエ】 service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8), Buddha's birthday festival

Kun reading compounds

  • 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
  • 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
  • 降る 【ふる】 to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down, to form (of frost), to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in, to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
  • 降り 【ふり】 rainfall, snowfall, alighting, descending
  • 降りしきる 【ふりしきる】 to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.), to fall hard, to fall heavily, to pour down
  • 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
  • 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping

Readings

Japanese names:
ふり、 ふる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang4, xiang2
Korean:
hang, gang

Spanish

  • caer
  • bajar
  • descender
  • llover
  • rendirse
  • desde entonces
  • bajarse

Portuguese

  • descer
  • precipitar
  • queda
  • rendição

French

  • descendre
  • pleuvoir
  • précipiter
  • tomber
  • se rendre
873 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
863 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
787 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
887 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
984 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1058 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
947 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
977 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
136 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
731 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
548 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
335 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
414 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1317 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41620 Morohashi
458 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6450 New Nelson (John Haig)
1308 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1405 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
898 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
2d7.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
7725.4 Four corner code
1-25-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
964d Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
615 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 給 【キュウ】 wage, recompense
  • 給食 【キュウショク】 provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.), providing a meal, lunch service
  • 自給 【ジキュウ】 self-support
  • 有給 【ユウキュウ】 salaried, paid, with pay, paid vacation, paid holiday, paid leave

Kun reading compounds

  • 給う 【たまう】 to give, to do ...
  • 給ふ 【たまう】 to give, to receive
  • 給う 【たもう】 to give, to do ...
  • 給ふ 【たまう】 to give, to receive

Readings

Japanese names:
きい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gei3, ji3
Korean:
geub

Spanish

  • sueldo
  • salario
  • distribuir
  • suministrar

Portuguese

  • salário
  • pagamento
  • presente
  • permitir
  • bolsa
  • prover

French

  • salaire
  • paye
  • cadeau
  • allocation
  • subventions
  • accorder
  • conférer à
585 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
481 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
457 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
581 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3538 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
348 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
818 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2149 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.1 Japanese for Busy People
346 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
346 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
618 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1531 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1708 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
914 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1361 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27432 Morohashi
1350 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4489 New Nelson (John Haig)
1349 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1449 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
404 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
583 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2777 2001 Kanji
6a6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2896.1 Four corner code
1-21-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d66 Unicode hex code