zhuì
fall down
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 队 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墜.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 坠
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to fall | ||
(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash | ||
to fall | ||
to drop into | ||
airplane crash |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 9.7069% of movies
1912th most common character in movies
2279th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5760 |
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