EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 38
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat)

    2階からトランクを降ろしてきてくれませんか。
    Can you bring down my trunk from upstairs?
  2. to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge

    esp. 降ろす

  3. to withdraw (money)

  4. to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

  5. to cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches)

  6. to remove (someone from a position); to oust; to drop

    esp. 降ろす

  7. to clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down

  8. to expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus)

    see 堕ろす

  9. to invoke (a spirit); to call down

Also written 降ろす【おろす】下す【おろす】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

Kun
したしももとさ.げるさ.がるくだ.るくだ.りくだ.す-くだ.すくだ.さるお.ろすお.りる
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
97 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さかしと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1SKIP code
2m1.2The Kanji Dictionary
1023.0Four corner code
3154deroo
4e0bUnicode hex code
1-18-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
9New Nelson (John Haig)
3378New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4186Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2862Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
50Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
51Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
72A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
46Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
30Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14Morohashi
7A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
31Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21sakade
6Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
24henshall3
13Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
75crowley
32Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
4Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
50Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xia4Pinyin reading
haKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level