陨
隕yǔn
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(bound form) to fall from the sky
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Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
陨 has a meaning part for a row of hills and 员 yuán as its sound part. It first meant falling from high above. The meaning grew to falling from outer space, then to meteor.
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