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堕 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
準2High school level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
ダだ · da
Kun
お.ちる・くず.す・くず.れるo.chiru · kuzu.su · kuzu.reru
Meaning
fall; degenerate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth plus crumbling down: to fall from a height, and to let oneself go to ruin.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onダだda堕落だらく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 堕落だらく

    corruption; degeneration

  • 自堕落じだらく

    slovenly; dissolute

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

権力(けんりょく)は人(ひと)を堕落(だらく)させることがある。

Power can corrupt people.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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