Memory phrase for the character: 降

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to fall (rain), to drop, to descend, to surrender

jiàng, xiáng

Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged 夂 (But here: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop 止

From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.

阝	hill	This radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
夂	upturned foot	upturned foot or sitting crossed-legged - Do not mistake with the: "hand with a stick": /攴
止	stop, to end	At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."

下降	xià jiàng	to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
投降	tóu xiáng	to surrender; surrender
降低	jiàng dī	to reduce; to lower; to bring down
升降	shēng jiàng	rising and lowering
升降机	shēng jiàng jī	aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift); lift; elevator
降妖伏磨	xiáng yāo fú mó	to conquer all kinds of demons
降落伞	jiàng luò sǎn	parachute
耶稣降临节	Yē sū Jiàng lín jié	Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)

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