Memory phrase for the character: 堕

堕

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Meaning

to degenerate, destroy, to fall, overthrow

Pronunciation

duò, huī

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: be, have, exist 有 (I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I exist.), below: earth 土

Mnemonic
 
(The loose earth slides down the hill:) A hill is made of earth, and it goes downhill with it.

Radicals

阝 hillThis radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
有 exist, to have
土 earth, groundPay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.




 Vocabulary

堕落 duò luò  to morally degenerate; to become depraved; a fall from grace; a fall into sin or depravity
如堕烟雾 rú duò yān wù  as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
堕云雾中 duò yún wù zhōng  lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
 

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