Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 隊 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (墜)
Simplified (坠)
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Historical Evolution
墜
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
墜
Regular
Modern
Chinese
坠 / 墜 [zhuì]
to fall; to drop; to weigh down
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (24)
坠毁 [zhuìhuǐ] #7,249
(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
坠落 [zhuìluò] #7,804
to fall
坠入 [zhuìrù] #6,422
to drop into
坠机 [zhuìjī] #8,982
airplane crash
摇摇欲坠 [yáoyáoyùzhuì] #19,303
tottering
天花乱坠 [tiānhuāluànzhuì] #25,150
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
坠子 [zhuìzi] #28,130
weight
失坠 [shīzhuì] #68,900
loss
吊坠 [diàozhuì]
a pendant (jewelry)
吊坠缚 [diàozhuìfù]
strappado bondage
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JAPANESE WORDS (13)
⭐ 落ちる [おちる] #314
to fall
⭐ 落とす [おとす] #789
to drop
⭐ 墜落 [ついらく] #10,456
fall
⭐ 撃墜 [げきつい] #16,007
shooting down (an aircraft)
⭐ 失墜 [しっつい] #24,921
abasement
墜落死 [ついらくし] #65,314
death by falling
墜落事故 [ついらくじこ] #71,609
plane crash
紡錘 [ぼうすい] #81,604
spindle
墜死 [ついし] #104,856
falling to one's death
落つ [おつ] #122,731
to fall
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