降

• Physical descent: To move from a high place to a low one; rain falling.
• Submission: To surrender or submit, particularly in political or military contexts.
• Divine descent (reading: xiáng): Reserved for auspicious or supernatural descents, such as a deity or omen (e.g., a phoenix) alighting on earth.

• Intransitive: To fall or descend.
• Transitive: To lower, reduce, or bring down (e.g., reducing a penalty, lowering a price, or delivering a decree).

[DISTINITIONS]

The glyph operates on two distinct phonetic and semantic tracks: //jiàng// for common physical descent and political submission, and //xiáng// specifically for ritual or divine descent.

Semantic variant U+5905 may appear in older scripts.

In sparse contexts—particularly military narratives—be alert for ambiguity between a physical action (descending from a horse) and a political action (surrendering). Resolution requires contextual evidence regarding the subject's rank and intent.