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crash

Stroke count: 15

Readings

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Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

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彼は飛行機墜落事故にあったが死ななかった。He survived the plane crash.tatoeba
彼は飛行機の墜落では死を免れたが、結局砂漠で死んだ。He survived the crash, only to die in the desert.tatoeba
fall (down)

fall
crash (of an aircraft)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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regiment · pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · animal horns · sow · pig · wart hog · regimental mascot · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1404

Compound words

撃墜げきつい

shooting down (an aircraft)

失墜しっつい

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

墜落ついらく

fall; crash (of an aircraft)

墜つおつ

to fall

墜子いわ

weight (of a fishing net)

墜死ついし

falling to one's death

decline in public favor

墜落事故ついらくじこ

plane crash

Additional Examples

彼の飛行機は山中で墜落した。

His airplane crashed in the mountains.tatoeba

爆発が起こった。あっと言う間に、その飛行機は燃え上がり、墜落した。

There was an explosion, and before anyone could say Jack Robinson, the airplane burst into flame and fell.tatoeba

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