Kanji: 降

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:	阜 (阝) Radical name: ぎふのふ
Meaning:	Descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 600 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	降(お)りる	to get off, to descend
N5	降(ふ)る	to fall, e.g. rain or snow
N4	降(ふ)り出(だ)す	to start to rain
N3	降(お)ろす	to take down, to launch, to drop
N2	以降(いこう)	on and after, hereafter, thereafter
N2	下降(かこう)	downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence
N1	降水(こうすい)	rainfall, precipitation
N1	降伏(こうふく)	capitulation, surrender, submission