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降 means 'get off'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 530   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-13    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 27    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 91 words   Used in 191 words   Used in 73 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コウ
Kun
   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふる to fall (eg rain)
Name
   たかし
Additional readings
On    ゴ
Kun    ふり   くだる   くだす
Name    ふり   ふる
Notes
right side exists as a rare kanji, 夅 (-)
Components
⿰  ⻖ (阜) hill  ⿱  夂 go  ヰ wheel around  
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See also
隆 prosperity  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 降 is used 10 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 降 is used 188 times, read 4 ways (with 4 variations).
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コウ : 106 words FIND ALL
い こ う 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
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コウ (read as ごう) : 2 words FIND ALL
ご う ま 1
noun
conquering the devil
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ふる : 35 words FIND ALL
ふ る 1
Most common form: ふる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to precipitate; to fall (e.g. rain)
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おりる : 28 words FIND ALL
お り る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down  (esp. 下りる)
2. to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount  (esp. 降りる)
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くだる : 7 words FIND ALL
あ ま く だ る 4
Most common form: 天下る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to descend from heaven
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ふる (read as ぶ) : 6 words FIND ALL
ど し ゃ ぶ り 0
noun
downpour; pouring rain; cloudburst; pelting rain; heavy rain
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ふる (read as ふり) : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
eleventh lunar month  (see also: 霜月)
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ぶり: 1 word. FIND ALL
ふ き ぶ り 0
noun
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
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An additional one less common word includes 降 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 873 (originally: 863)  Joy o' Kanji : 863  Key to Kanji: 341 

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降
コウ   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふる to fall (eg rain)   
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ヰ
wheel around
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夂
go
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⻖
hill   
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