crash, fall (down)
On'yomi (音読み)
- ツイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- お.ちる
- お.つ
About this kanji
The kanji 「墜」 primarily means to crash or fall down. It is often used as a verb in its kun'yomi form, 「お.ちる」, meaning to fall, and as a noun in various compounds. One common compound is 「墜落」 (ついらく), which means a fall or crash, often referring to aircraft incidents. Another is 「失墜」 (しっつい), which refers to a loss of status or prestige, showing a metaphorical kind of fall. An important note is that this kanji conveys a sense of something not just falling but doing so in a dramatic or dangerous way.
Example sentences
飛行機は墜落の危険がある。
The plane is at risk of crashing.
Meanings across languages
- English
- crash, fall (down)
- Tiếng Việt
- rơi, ngã
- 日本語
- 墜落する, 落ちる
- 한국어
- 추락하다, 떨어지다
- 中文
- 坠落, 掉下
- id
- jatuh, kecelakaan
- th
- การตก, ชน
- es
- caída, choque
- fr
- collision, chute
- de
- Absturz, Fall
- pt
- queda, acidente
Common compounds
- 墜落ついらくfall, crash (of an aircraft)
- 撃墜げきついshooting down (an aircraft)
- 失墜しっついabasement, fall, forfeiture
- 墜死ついしfalling to one's death
- 墜落死ついらくしdeath by falling
- 墜落事故ついらくじこplane crash
- 人気失墜にんきしっついdecline in public favor, fall in popularity
- 巨星墜つきょせいおつa great man dies, a great star falls
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