墮

墮 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓月土 (NBG) or 難弓月土 (XNBG), four-corner 7410₄, composition ⿱隋土)

• 𡃏, 𭐄, 𣟁, 𥶴

• 堕 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 239, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5481
• Dae Jaweon: page 478, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 484, character 3
• Unihan data for U+58AE

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol) : phonetic 隋 (OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol) + semantic 土.

墮

1. to fall; to sink
2. to degenerate

   • 故上悖日月之明，下爍山川之精，中墮四時之施，惴耎之蟲，肖翹之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故上悖日月之明，下烁山川之精，中堕四时之施，惴耎之虫，肖翘之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng. [Pinyin]

     It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.

3. (Cantonese) droopy; saggy
4. Alternative form of 惰 (duò)

• Not to be confused with 墜／坠 (zhuì).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 堕)

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• On (unclassified): だ (da)
• Kun: くずれる (kuzureru); くずす (kuzusu); おちる (ochiru)

From Middle Chinese 墮 (MC thwaX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰa̠(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [타(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 墮 (eumhun 떨어질 타 (tteoreojil ta))

1. Hanja form^? of 타 (“to fall; to degenerate”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

墮: Hán Nôm readings: đọa/đoạ, đụi, dọa/doạ, dụa

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