堕

See also: 墮

Translingual

Han character

堕 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓月土 (NBG) or 難難弓月土 (XXNBG), four-corner 7410₄, composition ⿱陏土)

Related characters

• 墮 (Traditional Chinese and kyūjitai)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 234, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 459, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5815

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 墮 (elimination of 工).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 堕 – see 墮 (“to fall; to sink; to degenerate; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 墮).

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

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00816-002

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Japanese

Shinjitai	堕
Kyūjitai	墮

Kanji

堕

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 墮)

1. to degenerate
2. to descend to
3. to lapse into

Readings

• Go-on: だ (da, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: おちる (ochiru, 堕ちる); くずす (kuzusu); くずれる (kuzureru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 堕獄(だごく) (dagoku)
• 堕罪(だざい) (dazai)
• 堕胎(だたい) (datai)
• 堕落(だらく) (daraku)
• 落堕(らくだ) (rakuda)
• 堕天使(だてんし) (datenshi)