| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- hang, gang
Spanish
- caer
- bajar
- descender
- llover
- rendirse
- desde entonces
- bajarse
Portuguese
- descer
- precipitar
- queda
- rendição
French
- descendre
- pleuvoir
- précipiter
- tomber
- se rendre
| 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 |
witch, demon, evil spirit
- On:
- マ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1514 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 魔 【マ】 demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence, -crazed person, -obsessed person, fiend, dreaded, terrible, awful, dreadful
- 魔女 【マジョ】 witch
- 病魔 【ビョウマ】 demon of ill health, disease
- 尼 【アマ】 Buddhist nun, Catholic nun, sister, bitch, Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture), Amazon (online retailer)
Readings
- Korean:
- ma
Spanish
- demonio
- espíritu maligno
Portuguese
- bruxa
- demônio
- espírito do mal
French
- sorcière
- démon
- esprit malfaisant
| 1832 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1326 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5398 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1546 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1919 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2961 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1528 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1629 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1418 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1929 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3953 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2035 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2747 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2041 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 45906P | Morohashi |
| 3187 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6843 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2022 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2178 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1942 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 557 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q18.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-18 | SKIP code |
| 3-11-10 | SKIP code |
| 0021.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9b54 | Unicode hex code |