zhuì
fall down
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 隊 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 墜
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to fall | ||
(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash | ||
to fall | ||
to drop into | ||
airplane crash |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m.lru[t]-s | drwijH | zhuì | fall down |
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 | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+589C |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“墜，陊也。从土，隊聲。古通用。” |
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