堕 (degenerate, descend to, lapse into) - Kanji Codex

堕

degenerate, descend to, lapse into

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

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Kun'yomi (訓読み)

お.ちるくず.すくず.れる

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:1

Frequency:2087

Vocabulary

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Word	Reading	Meaning
堕落	ダラク	depravity; corruption; degradation
怠堕	タイダ	lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
堕胎	ダタイ	abortion; feticide
堕性	ダセイ	force of habit; inertia
自堕落	ジダラク	self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
堕とす	おとす	to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape; to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances; to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with; to download; to copy from a computer to another medium; to make someone swoon (judo); to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting); to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)
人間の堕落	にんげんのだらく	the Fall of Man; the Fall
堕する	だする	to degenerate; to lapse into
堕落坊主	だらくぼうず	apostate priest
堕つ	おつ	to fall; to drop

Visually Similar Kanji

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