Chinese Character 降 Meanings and components.

Form

降

Meaning

降 meaning[3] in English

To Drop.

To Fall.

To Come Down.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 降 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and old variant of … (夅)

Its radical[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLHEQ

How to write 降

To write降jiang4to drop you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 夅jiang4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 夅 = 降

降 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 降 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 降, looks as follow:

降
Pinyin:jiang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Drop . To Fall . To Come Down . To Descend
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
夅
Pinyin:jiang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 降[Jiang4]
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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