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堕

堕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「墮」の略体。「墮」については墮#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

degenerate, descend to, lapse into

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ダJHS
Kun (native)
  • お(ちる)
  • くず(す)
  • くず(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音duo4
  • 拼音hui1
  • 한글ta
  • 한글hyu
  • Hán-ViệtĐọa
  • Hán-ViệtĐoạ
  • Hán-ViệtHuy

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5815

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱陏土

Words using this kanji

  • 堕落だらく健全な状態・態度を失って劣悪な状態・態度になること。 道心を失って欲に満ちた生活をすること。depravity, corruption, degradation
  • 堕胎だたい胎児を自然分娩する前に人工的に胎児の生命活動を止めさせ体外に排出すること。abortion, feticide
  • 堕罪だざい罪に堕ちること。罪人になること。sinking into sin
  • 堕すだすto degenerate, to lapse into
  • 堕獄だごくgoing to hell, falling into hell
  • 堕するだする〔好ましくない状態に〕なる。陥る。to degenerate, to lapse into
  • 堕胎医だたいいdoctor who performs abortions, abortion provider
  • 堕胎罪だたいざいillegal abortion
  • 堕ろすおろすto abort (a fetus)
  • 堕天使だてんし神から地上に落とされた天使。悪魔。fallen angel (esp. Lucifer)
  • 堕ちるおちるto decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low)
  • 堕胎薬だたいやくabortifacient, abortive drug
  • 堕落坊主だらくぼうずapostate priest
  • 堕落腐敗だらくふはいdebasement, corruption, degradation

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-9-3
Four Corner
7410.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b8.14
Heisig
1411
Nelson
1092