墮
duò

fall

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
隋
隋 Sound component
suí, duò, tuǒ Sui dynasty

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwaXlˤojʔto fall
xjwiel̥ oj (W. dialect: *l̥ - > x-)destroy
Zhengzhangl̥ʰoːlʔ
l'oːlʔ
hlol
Unicodedhuɑ̌

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

堕 duò, huī, huì fall Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 陏 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墮.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
陏
陏 Sound component
suí, duò follow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode