墜
墜 — Crash
crash, fall (down)
On’yomiツイ (tsui)
Kun’yomiおちる (ochiru)
Kun’yomiおつ (otsu)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 墜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 墜落 | ついらく tsuiraku | fall; crash (of an aircraft) |
| 撃墜 | げきつい gekitsui | shooting down (an aircraft) |
| 失墜 | しっつい shittsui | abasement; fall; forfeiture |
Study notes
墜 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1466 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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