降
- to descend;
- to surrender;
Etymology
Pictophonetic/semantic compound:
阜 (“mound, hill”) indicates slope/terrain.
夅 (phonetic, originally depicting both feet placed downward, like a rotated form of 步 “to step”).
Together: “to move down from a height,” “to descend from a hill.”
降
내릴
강
naeril
gang
Kangxi radical:170, 阜 + 6
Strokes:9
Unicode:U+964D
Cangjie input:
- 弓中竹水手 (NLHEQ)
Composition:
- ⿰ 阝 夅