坠

See also: 墜 and 堕

Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 队 () + semantic 土.

Han character

坠 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓人土 (NOG) or 難弓人土 (XNOG), composition ⿱队土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 227, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 429, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5760

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 坠 – see 墜 (“to fall down; to drop; to sink; to go to ruin; to hang down; to weigh down; to fall due to a heavy weight; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 墜).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.