墜

See also: 坠 and 墮

墜 U+589C, 墜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-589C ← 墛 [U+589B] CJK Unified Ideographs 墝 → [U+589D]

Translingual

Han character

墜 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓人土 (NOG), four-corner 7810₄, composition ⿱隊土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 238, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5451
• Dae Jaweon: page 477, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 484, character 6
• Unihan data for U+589C

Chinese

trad.		墜
simp.		坠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (遂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
隊	*l'uːds
邃	*sluds
譢	*sluds
遂	*ljuds
隧	*ljuds
燧	*ljuds
襚	*ljuds
旞	*ljuds
璲	*ljuds
檖	*ljuds
澻	*ljuds
鐆	*ljuds
鐩	*ljuds
穟	*ljuds
墜	*l'uds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'uds): phonetic 隊 (OC *l'uːds) + semantic 土.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuì (zhui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhui / zui

  (Hailu, HRS): chui^˖ / zhui^ˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): dôi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dui⁵ / tui⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thūi / tūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chui⁴
    • Yale: jwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juey
    • Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶
    • Yale: jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhui / zui
    • Hakka Romanization System: cui / zui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cui⁴ / zui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/, /zu̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chui^˖ / zhui^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰui³³/, /t͡ʃui¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dui⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui²¹/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tui⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thūi
    • Tâi-lô: thuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tui
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰui³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰui²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūi
    • Tâi-lô: tuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dui
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tui³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tui²²/

Note:

• thūi - “to fall down; hanging down; slightly heavy”;
• tūi - “to fall down (Xiamen, Taiwan, Zhangzhou); hanging (Taiwan)”.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dui⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drwijH

Rime
Character	墜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直類切
Baxter	drwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjwiH/
Li Rong	/ȡjuiH/
Wang Li	/ȡwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m.lru[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	墜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuì
Middle Chinese	‹ drwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*m.lru[t]-s/
English	fall down
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	墜
Reading #	1/1
No.	12159
Phonetic component	遂
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	墜
Old Chinese	/*l'uds/

Definitions

墜

1. to fall down; to drop; to sink; to go to ruin

   墜馬／坠马  ―  zhuìmǎ  ―  to fall off a horse

2. to hang down; to weigh down; to fall due to a heavy weight

   桃子把樹枝墜得彎彎得。 [MSC, trad.]
   桃子把树枝坠得弯弯得。 [MSC, simp.]

   Táozǐ bǎ shùzhī zhuì dé wānwān dé. [Pinyin]

   The peaches weighed the branches down.

3. hanging object

   耳墜／耳坠  ―  ěrzhuì  ―  ear pendants

4. (Hokkien) hanging down
5. (Quanzhou Hokkien) slightly heavy (often reduplicated)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 墮／堕 (duò).

Compounds

• 下墜 / 下坠 (xiàzhuì)
• 不墜 / 不坠
• 亂墜天花 / 乱坠天花
• 偏墜 / 偏坠
• 加膝墜淵 / 加膝坠渊
• 呱呱墜地 / 呱呱坠地 (gūgūzhuìdì)
• 執鞭墜鐙 / 执鞭坠镫
• 墜入愛河 / 坠入爱河
• 墜典 / 坠典
• 墜地 / 坠地 (zhuìdì)
• 墜子 / 坠子
• 墜子戲 / 坠子戏
• 墜樓 / 坠楼 (zhuìlóu)
• 墜機 / 坠机 (zhuìjī)
• 墜歡 / 坠欢
• 墜歡重拾 / 坠欢重拾
• 墜毀 / 坠毁 (zhuìhuǐ)
• 墜緒 / 坠绪
• 墜腳 / 坠脚
• 墜茵落溷 / 坠茵落溷
• 墜落 / 坠落 (zhuìluò)
• 墜蹬 / 坠蹬
• 墜馬 / 坠马 (zhuìmǎ)
• 天花亂墜 / 天花乱坠 (tiānhuāluànzhuì)
• 天花墜地 / 天花坠地
• 廢墜 / 废坠
• 扇墜兒 / 扇坠儿
• 搖搖欲墜 / 摇摇欲坠 (yáoyáoyùzhuì)
• 昭王墜屨 / 昭王坠屦
• 月墜花折 / 月坠花折
• 民墜塗炭 / 民坠涂炭
• 河南墜子 / 河南坠子 (Hénán zhuìzi)
• 流沙墜簡 / 流沙坠简
• 瓶墜簪折 / 瓶坠簪折
• 磨扇墜手 / 磨扇坠手
• 累墜 / 累坠
• 耳墜子 / 耳坠子 (ěrzhuìzi)
• 自墜陷阱 / 自坠陷阱
• 遺簪墜屨 / 遗簪坠屦
• 隕墜 / 陨坠