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:N1

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

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

follow, though, notwithstanding, while, during, both, all, obey, submit to, comply, at the mercy of (the waves)

camp, battle array, ranks, position, sudden, brief time

crash, fall (down)

hinder, hurt, harm

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

exhibit, state, relate, explain

in front, before