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堕

degenerate
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. degenerateRtK
    彼は道徳的に堕落した。He lapsed morally.tatoeba
    彼は私が出会った堕落した人たちの中でもっともひどい人の１人だ。He is one of the rottenest fellows that have ever crossed my path.tatoeba
  2. descend to
  3. lapse into
  1. abortion
  2. feticide

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · possess · by one’s side · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · ground (土) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1411

Compound words

堕胎だたい
abortion; feticide
堕落だらく
depravity; corruption; degradation
堕性だせい
force of habit
堕力だりょく
inertia
怠堕たいだ
lazy
自堕落じだらく
self-indulgent
堕するだする
to degenerate
堕胎医だたいい
doctor who performs abortions
堕落坊主だらくぼうず
apostate priest
人間の堕落にんげんのだらく
the Fall of Man

Additional Examples

彼は市政の堕落を暴露した。
He exposed corruption in the city government.tatoeba
妻が堕落するのは夫が悪いのだ。
It is their husbands' faults if wives do fall.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

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