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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)

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.)
升降
shēngjiàng
rising and lowering
普降
pǔjiàng
precipitation over a large area
沉降
chénjiàng
to subside
空降
kōngjiàng
airborne
缓降
huǎnjiàng
to retard downward motion
调降
tiáojiàng
(Tw) to lower (prices, interest rates etc)
起降
qǐjiàng
(of aircraft) to take off and land
迫降
pòjiàng
to force a plane to land
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

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