Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

堕: degenerate, descend to

Also: lapse into

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

土 carries the meaning · 陏 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ダda · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 堕落だらくdepravity; corruption; degradation
  • 堕胎だたいabortion; feticide
  • 堕罪だざいsinking into sin

Also read おちる, くずす, くずれる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
More in the 土 earth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
陏

Also built on 陏

堕 takes the 陏 family's reading, ダ (da).

土

Also built on earth (土)

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Also read ダ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
堕 degenerate · 土
vs随 follow · ⻌
堕 has 土 where 随 has ⻌.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 墮 · duò

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 堕. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 墮.

Simplified
堕 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
墮 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin duò most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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