jiàng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to come down; to descend (archaic); old form of 降

Examples

Jīnwǎn qìwēn huì dàfú xiàjiàng.
The temperature will drop sharply tonight.

Tips

history
is the old 'two feet stepping downward' figure behind and is not used independently in modern Chinese. It supplies the sound and 'coming down' sense in (to descend / lower; also 'to surrender') and (grand / rumbling).
memory
Two feet, one above the other, both pointing downhill: a person walking down a slope. That descending motion is the whole idea of .

Components

semantic
zhǐ
a foot stepping down
The upper 'descending foot' is the first step coming down the slope in .
semantic
féng
the trailing lower foot
The lower portion is the second foot following down behind the first, completing the 'walking downward' picture of .

Stroke Order

jiàng