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降る

ふる

to fall (e.g. rain)

Mnemonic

Everything comes off the hillside at once and lands on whoever is underneath. It will do that today, full ふる buckets of it: ふる.

Worth knowing

Same reading as 振る ふる, to wave or shake. 降る is what rain and snow do, and 降りる おりる is getting off a train. 落ちる おちる is a thing dropping, 下がる さがる is a level coming down, and 秋 あき is the other fall, the season.

Built from

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

Also read ふる

to wave, to shake

Words sharing these kanji

to get off, to go down

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