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墜 — 15 strokes / Radical「土」

道
3Junior high level / 15 strokes / Radical「土」
On
ツイつい · tsui
Kun
お.ちる・お.つo.chiru · o.tsu
Meaning
fall; crash

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" with 隊: to fall from a height to the ground — to crash.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onツイついtsui墜落ついらく墜死ついし撃墜げきつい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 墜落ついらく

    crash; fall

  • 撃墜げきつい

    shooting down

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

飛行(ひこう)機(き)の墜落(ついらく)を防(ふせ)ぐ点検(てんけん)だ。

It is an inspection to prevent crashes.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

撃墜墜落墜撃strike落to fal…坑pit埋bury塗paint塊lump墨India…対facing追chase堆piled…椎chinqu…槌hammer
CompoundRadicalReading

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