降
jiàngxiáng HSK4

descend

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approved by Prismcool · Mar 30, 2026, 02:24 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Mar 30, 2026, 02:24 AM

I suppose its to just give a little more variety for the sources besides using zi.tools or 漢語多功能字庫 but I see what you mean. The entire 漢語多功能字庫 explanation on the character is quite already on zi.tools so I suppose that's why I removed it, it would feel redundant.

Depicts two feet (夅) descending down a hill (阝).

Components

阝
阝 Iconic component

阝 is a component form of 阜. Depicts a hill.

夅
夅 SoundIconic component

Depicts two feet walking down a hill.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaewngHkˤruŋ-s (? < *-[u]m-s)descend
haewngm-kˤru[ŋ] (? < *-[u]m)submit

說文解字

《說文》：“降，下也。从，夅聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫張世超《金文形義通解》p.3353zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)