diē

stumble

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

失 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

shī

  

lose

Evolution

跌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
跌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

diē

stumble, slip, fall down; stamp; to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié]

Most common words with 跌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to fall

下跌

to fall

跌倒

to tumble

跌幅

decline (in value)

跌落

to fall