TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
降
降 ＝ 阝 ＋ 夅
ㄐㄧㄤˋ · jiàng
verb — to come down, descend; to lower
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阝義a mound, a slopethe left 阝 is 阜, a bank of earth
夅聲jiàng — gives the soundtwo feet pointing downhill — coming down
A slope (阝) and 夅 — two feet stepping down it, one after the other. Together they write coming down: 下降, 降落. The same graph, read xiáng, is the descent you make to an enemy: 投降, to surrender.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩隻腳（夅）順著土坡（阝）一步步往下——降。
Two feet (夅) stepping down the earthen slope (阝), one after the other — coming down.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)下降、降落— to descend; to come down常用
→降低— to lower; to reduce常用
⇒投降— to surrender — to come down to the enemy
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
夅jiàngthe sound half — bare 夅 is the two descending feet; 降 adds the slope 落luòthe other "come down" — 落 falls through grass (艹), 降 walks down a slope