降

Translingual

Alternative forms

Two Unicode z-code variants, at code points U+964D (main) and U+FA09 (alt).

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 阝 (“hill, wall”) + phonetic 夅 (“descend”) (note semantic value of 夅 as well) – descending a hill.

Han character

降 (radical 170 阜+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹水手 (NLHEQ), four-corner 7725₄, composition ⿰阝夅)

1. descend, fall, drop
2. lower, down

Derived terms

• 隆

References

• KangXi: page 1349, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41620
• Dae Jaweon: page 1852, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4126, character 18
• Unihan data for U+964D
• Unihan data for U+FA09

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Cantonese

Hanzi

降 (Yale gong3, hong4)

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Japanese

Kanji

降 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: おりる (oriru), ふる (furu), くだる (kudaru)

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Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

降
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 강 (revised: gang, McCune-Reischauer: kang, Yale: kang)

• Name (hangeul): 내릴 강()

1. descent; descending

Derived terms

• 강단하다 (gangdanhada, “step down from a platform”, 降壇하다)

Etymology 2

Hanja

降
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 항 (revised: hang, McCune-Reischauer: hang)

• Name (hangeul): 항복할 항()

1. surrender

Derived terms

• 항복

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Mandarin

Hanzi

降 (pinyin jiàng (jiang4), Wade-Giles chiang⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

降 (hàng, giáng, giuống, nháng)