jiàngxiáng

descend

Depicts two feet () descending down a hill ().

Components
阝 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

hill, place

is a component form of . Depicts a hill.

夂 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

go

Depicts a foot walking down a hill.

止 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Depicts a foot walking down a hill.

Evolution

降 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
降 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
降 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
降 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
降 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiàng

descend, fall, drop; lower, down; to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend

 

xiáng

to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tame

Most common words with 降
Freq.
Word
Meaning

下降

to decline

降低

to reduce

to drop

降落

to descend

投降

to surrender

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤruŋ-s (? < *-[u]m-s)

kaewngH

jiàng

descend

*m-kˤru[ŋ] (? < *-[u]m)

haewng

xiáng

submit


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 32.1800% of movies

1090th most common character in movies

744th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+964D

Shuowen

“降,下也。从,夅聲。”


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