漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
墜: crash, fall (down)
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 隊 gives the sound
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ツイtsui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 墜落ついらくfall; crash (of an aircraft)
- 撃墜げきついshooting down (an aircraft)
- 失墜しっついabasement; fall; forfeiture
Also read おちる, おつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ツイ
4 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 坠 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhuì
Japan keeps the traditional form 墜; mainland China simplifies it to 坠.
- Simplified
- 坠 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 墜 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhuì 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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