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堕落

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Pīnyīn
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to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace
HSK 7-9

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
堕
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *堕* | 堕* | *堕
11画
fall, sink, let fall; degenerate
墮
7410.4
XXNBG
落
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *落* | 落* | *落
12画
fall, drop; net income, surplus
4416.4
TEHR

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
堕落
to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace
堕
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *堕* | 堕* | *堕
to fall; to sink / (fig.) to degenerate
 落
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
 落
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds
 落
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement