堕

duò

d+uò·4th tone

to fall; to sink

Radical: 土 Strokes: 11

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Less common

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔壁垂境

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Character Decomposition

堕=陏+土

Etymology

earth

Meanings

to fall; to sink

(fig.) to degenerate

duò

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Words with 堕 108 total

to jump to one's death堕楼duò lóu to degrade · to degenerate · to become depraved · corrupt · a fall from grace堕落duò luò to induce an abortion · induced abortion堕胎duò tāi

Idioms with 堕 22 total Chain

(lit.) to become lost in a fog (idiom) · (fig.) at a complete loss堕云雾中duò yún wù zhōng lit. to not look back at a broken clay pot (idiom) · fig. to accept what is done and not regret it; to let bygones be bygones堕甑不顾duò zèng bù gù

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