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降
jiàng
1. to drop
2. to fall
3. to come down
4. to descend
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

降
jiàng
to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

骤降
zhòujiàng
to fall rapidly
下降
xiàjiàng
to decline
以降
yǐjiàng
since (some point in the past)
伞降
sǎnjiàng
to parachute into
势降
shìjiàng
potential drop (elec.)
递降
dìjiàng
to go down by degrees
降下
jiàngxià
to fall
降世
jiàngshì
lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal)
降低
jiàngdī
to reduce
HSK 4
降价
jiàngjià
to cut the price
降噪
jiàngzào
noise reduction
降尘
jiàngchén
dust fall
降将
xiángjiàng
surrendered enemy general
降幅
jiàngfú
degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc)
降序
jiàngxù
descending order
降息
jiàngxī
to lower interest rates
降旗
jiàngqí
to lower a flag
降旨
jiàngzhǐ
to issue an imperial edict
降格
jiànggé
to downgrade
降水
jiàngshuǐ
rain and snow

Alternate Entries

降
xiáng
to surrender / to capitulate / to subdue / to tame

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
743
Word Frequency Rank
2,400 of 84,292