降落
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
降落 (jiàngluò) · to land
降落 (jiàngluò) means “to land; to descend”. It is written with 2 characters: 降 (to fall) + 落 (to fall). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 降落 is built
The characters
降 jiàng · to fall
What 降 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 夅jiàng — to descend
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 夅 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
落 luò · to fall
What 落 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 洛luò — a river in the Shanxi province
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 各gè — each
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 洛 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
飞机马上就要降落了。Fēijī mǎshàng jiùyào jiàngluò le.The plane is about to land.
飞机几点降落？Fēijī jǐ diǎn jiàngluò?What time does the plane land?
Questions about 降落
What does 降落 mean?
降落 (jiàngluò) means “to land; to descend”.
How do you pronounce 降落?
降落 is pronounced jiàngluò.
Which HSK level is 降落?
降落 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 降低jiàngdīto lower
- 降价jiàngjiàto cut prices
- 降温jiàngwēnto get colder
- 下降xiàjiàngto decline
- 降临jiànglínto arrive
- 投降tóuxiángto surrender
- 降jiàngto fall
- 落后luòhòuto fall behind
- 丢三落四diūsānlàsìforgetful
- 堕落duòluòto degenerate
Learn 降落 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 93: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.