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堕

JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #2087

Meanings

Degenerate, Descend To, Lapse Into

Radicals

土

Decomposition

⿱陏土

Etymology

Pictophonetic: earth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 corner right-to-left

2 unknown top-to-bottom

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ダ da

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

お o

くず kuzu

Words Using This Kanji

17 words total

Other (17 words)

自堕落じだらく

self-indulgent

人間の堕落にんげんのだらく

the Fall of Man

堕胎だたい

abortion

堕胎医だたいい

doctor who performs abortions

堕落だらく

depravity

堕するだする

to degenerate

堕胎罪だたいざい

illegal abortion

堕罪だざい

sinking into sin

堕ろすおろす

to abort (a fetus)

堕落腐敗だらくふはい

debasement

腐敗堕落ふはいだらく

debasement

堕天使だてんし

fallen angel (esp. Lucifer)

to degenerate

堕獄だごく

going to hell

落堕らくだ

marrying (of a monk)

堕ちるおちる

to decline (of morals, character, etc.)

堕胎薬だたいやく

abortifacient