Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

    風が吹くたびに、桜の花びらが、ひらひらと舞い降りてました。
    The cherry blossoms flutter down whenever the wind blows.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dance, flit, circle, wheel

Kun
ま.う-ま.うまい
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
655 of 2500
Radical
oppose
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-2-13, 2-8-7SKIP code
0a15.1The Kanji Dictionary
8025.1Four corner code
2355deroo
821eUnicode hex code
1-41-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3862Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4926New Nelson (John Haig)
2146New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2666Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1358Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1844Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1774Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1912Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
746A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2391Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1003Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30342PMorohashi
1761A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
810Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
829Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
856Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1796Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
981Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1807Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1790Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu3Pinyin reading
muKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

Kun
お.りるお.ろすふ.るふ.りくだ.るくだ.す
On
コウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
596 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Used in names as

ふりふる

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
2d7.7The Kanji Dictionary
7725.4Four corner code
3655deroo
964dUnicode hex code
1-25-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4994Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6450New Nelson (John Haig)
458New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
335Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
414Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1308Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1405Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
787A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1058Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
887Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41620Morohashi
863A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
947Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
977Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
984Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
873henshall3
898Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
136Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
731Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1317Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jiang4, xiang2Pinyin reading
hang, gangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level