堕
墮duò
#2,660 most
frequent character
to fall, to sink, (fig.) to degenerate
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
堕 has 土 earth as the meaning part and 陏 duò as a sound part. It first meant to fall. The meaning grew to sink and then to become degenerate.
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