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降りる

おりる

to get off, to go down

Mnemonic

A mound, and somebody picking their way down off it. The same 降 as the full ふ buckets in 降る, except that this time it is you coming down: the bus is still moving and your hand is on the rail: おりる.

Worth knowing

Same reading as 下りる おりる. 降りる is getting off or out of something: a bus, a train, a car.

Built from

descend, get off
阝 a mound on the left with feet coming down the side of it.

Also read おりる

to go down, to come down

Words sharing these kanji

to fall (e.g. rain)

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