降
jiàngxiáng HSK4

descend

降 jiàng frequency
descend verb
to fall or move from a higher to a lower position

温度计里的水银柱正在缓慢下降。

wēn​dù​jì lǐ de shuǐ​yín zhù zhèng​zài huǎn​màn xià jiàng.

The mercury column in the thermometer is slowly falling.

drop verb
to lower or decrease in level, value, or amount

这里的气温降得很厉害。

zhè​lǐ de qì​wēn jiàng de hěn lì​hai.

The temperature here has dropped sharply.

降 xiáng
surrender verb
to surrender or capitulate

这位将军气节高尚，宁死不降。

zhè wèi jiāng​jūn qì​jié gāo​shàng, nìng sǐ bù xiáng.

This general was of noble character and would rather die than surrender.

subdue verb
to subdue, conquer, or tame

传说他拥有降龙伏虎的本领。

chuán​shuō tā yōng​yǒu xiáng lóng fú hǔ de běn​lǐng.

Legend has it that he possesses the power to subdue dragons and tigers.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
744th most common 254.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,090th most common 86.4 per million appears in 32% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.9 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
67.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+964D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)