Dong Chinese dictionary

yǔn

fall

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 員 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

員 Sound component

yuán

member

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǔn

fall, slip; let fall; die; to fall; meteor; to perish; see also 殞|殒[yǔn]

Most common words with 隕

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