to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend

= + : Shortly after Jin Xing descended down from the heavens to visit Joan of Arc in the anglepod's bathroom, the Pope follows and descends from another heaven. He messes up the landing though and lands on Jin Xing, which in turn falls on the Joan of Arc.
to surrender / to capitulate / to subdue / to tame

降 character breakdown

old variant of 降[jiang4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 金星, the old fellow who descended twice from heaven to coax Sun Wukong to follow him to the heavenly court.

Some time ago Joan of Arc set up an antenna on top of the anglepod, but one day Jin Xing descended down from heaven to loudly complain about it. As he was walking in his high heels through the heavenly mists, he stumbled over the antenna and broke one of his high heels. He finds Joan of Arc in the anglepods bathroom, complains about the antenna and throws his broken high heel to her feet, before he finally ascends to the heavens again. Joan of Arc completely misunderstands the event and thinks that god sent her a messenger, assigning her her secret mission.
old variant of 降[xiang2]
Character component without intrinsic meaning

When on the left hand side of any character, it's the pope, but when it's on the right hand side of any character, it's the emperor.

Characters with 降 as component

降 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 降

to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator
rising and falling
to accept surrender
anti-aircraft defense
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
since (some point in the past)
to parachute into / parachuting
potential drop (elec.)

Sentences with 降

lì
néng
xiáng
lóng
fú
hǔ
 
 
yí
sha̅n
dǎo
hǎi