Memory phrase for the character: 堕

堕

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Meaning

degenerate, deteriorate, descend to

Pronunciation

DA

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: be/have/exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!), below: earth 土

Mnemonic
 
A hill that exists but turns into (flat) earth/ground, is: degenerating.

Radicals

阝 hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
有 being, have, ownI have a hand and a body 月: I am existing!
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary


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