降

降 in English

jiàng verb HSK 4: to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend
xiáng: to surrender / to capitulate / to subdue / to tame

Stroke order

Le caractère 降 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 降

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

今天早上温度降到了零下。

The temperature has fallen below zero this morning.
夜幕降临了！

Night has fallen!
夜幕降临时，孩子们回家了。

The children returned home at dusk.
大量生产降低许多商品的价格。

Mass production reduced the price of many goods.
她降低了收音机的音量。

She turned down the radio.
如有火警，切勿使用升降机。

In case of fire, do not use the lift.
我宁死也不投降。

I would rather die than surrender.
政府明确宣布了降税的意图。

The government clearly stated its intention to lower taxes.

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