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Kanji Detail for 堕 - "to fall, to degenerate"

堕

  • Meaning

    堕 means "to fall, to degenerate." Also associated with to neglect.

    1. Fall - To drop down; to descend.

    2. Degenerate - To decline in quality; to deteriorate.

    3. Neglect - To fail to care for properly.

    4. Destroy - To ruin; to break down.

  • Words using 堕

    • 堕落 だらく Listen depravity; corruption; degradation

  • Four-character idioms with 堕

    • 堕落腐敗 だらくふはい Listen debasement; corruption; degradation
    • 腐敗堕落 ふはいだらく Listen debasement; corruption; degradation

  • Tattoo check: 堕

    • Verified meaning: to fall, to degenerate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たくお)
    • Also carries these associations: to neglect

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 堕

    Surnames 堕(たくお)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    degenerate; descend to; lapse into

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fall, sink, let fall; degenerate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to drop, to fall, to sink; degenerate

  • Onyomi

    tip

    da(ダ) ダ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuzureru(くず-れる) くず-れる

    kuzusu(くず-す) くず-す

    o.chiru(お-ちる) お-ちる

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to fall to degenerate to neglect destroy let go release lose send out deteriorate backslide collapse decay decline degrade descend drop fail regress retrogress rot ruin sink slip slump

Sentences including 堕

  • He lapsed morally.

  • He exposed corruption in the city government.

  • A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.

  • It is their husbands' faults if wives do fall.

  • Drug addiction degraded many people.

  • Most people here have really hit the skids.

  • He is one of the rottenest fellows that have ever crossed my path.

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