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降

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 504 / 2,608

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On’yomi
こう
Kun’yomi
お、ふ
Radical
阜 Mound (Kangxi 170)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 症 (Symptom), less common than 買 (Buy).

A building on the left, with winter and cow stacked on the right — a cow descends from a building in winter, sliding down the icy ramp carefully.

In words

降る ふる to fall, e.g. rain or snowN5
降りる おりる to get off, to descendN5
降ろす おろす to take down,to launch,to dropN3

降 is rank 504 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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