坠落
zhuì​luò

fall

坠 zhuì fall down Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 队 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墜.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
队
队 Sound component
duì team

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

落 luò, là fall

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 洛 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸. Alludes to leaves falling from trees.

洛
洛 Sound component
luò river in Shanxi province

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlakkə.rˤak fall (v.)

說文解字

凡艸曰零，木曰落。从艸洛聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

墜 zhuì fall down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 隊 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
隊
隊 Sound component
duì team

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrwijHm.lru[t]-sfall down
Zhengzhangl'uds
Unicodedjhuì

說文解字

陊也。从土隊聲。古通用䃍。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)