降 (jiàng) — to fall, to drop, to descend (of temperature, prices, altitude, etc.)
Definition
降 (jiàng) means 'to fall/drop' for things like temperature, prices, or altitude. Use 降低 when something is being brought down by someone; 降落 is for aircraft landing. Negate with 不降, not 没降.
verb
to fallto dropto descend (of temperature, prices, altitude, etc.)
Examples
- 降。Jīn tiān wēn dù huì jiàng dào líng dù yǐ xià.Today the temperature will drop to below zero degrees.
- 降。Jīn nián liáng shi de jià gé jiàng le yì xiē.The price of grain has dropped a bit this year.
- 降。Yǔ cóng tiān shàng jiàng xià lái.Rain falls from the sky.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fùhill, wall
Sound part声符shēngfú
夅
夅jiàng降xiáng
Same sound today
降 pairs 阝 (a hill or wall, written in full as 阜) with 夅, a sound part meaning 'to descend'; together they picture descending a hill.
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