坠
墜zhuì
#2,274 most
frequent character
to fall, to drop, to weigh down
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
坠 pairs 队 duì, a sound part, with 土 dirt/land, the meaning part. It first meant 'fall from mountain'. From falling came 'to fall, drop' and then 'to weigh down'.
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