Memory phrase for the character: 降

降

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Meaning

to fall (rain), to drop, to descend, to surrender

Pronunciation

jiàng, xiáng

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged 夂 (But here: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop 止

Mnemonic
 
From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.

Radicals

阝 hillThis radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
夂 upturned footupturned foot or sitting crossed-legged - Do not mistake with the: "hand with a stick": /攴
止 stop, to endAt top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."




 Vocabulary

下降 xià jiàng  to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
投降 tóu xiáng  to surrender; surrender
降低 jiàng dī  to reduce; to lower; to bring down
升降 shēng jiàng  rising and lowering
升降机 shēng jiàng jī  aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift); lift; elevator
降妖伏磨 xiáng yāo fú mó  to conquer all kinds of demons
降落伞 jiàng luò sǎn  parachute
耶稣降临节 Yē sū Jiàng lín jié  Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
耶稣降临节 Yē sū Jiàng lín jié  
耶稣降临节 Yē sū Jiàng lín jié  

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