陡跌 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dǒudiē

plummet

dǒu steep

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 走 represents the sound.

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

走 Sound component

zǒu walk

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	toːʔ

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound.

足 Meaning component

zú foot

shī lose

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	det	lˤi[t]	stumble

《說文》：“跌，踼也。从足，失聲。一曰越也。”