堕

degenerate

Stroke count: 12

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Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

degenerateRtK
descend to
lapse into

RadicalComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · possess · by one’s side · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · ground (土) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1411

Compound words

自堕落じだらく

self-indulgent

人間の堕落にんげんのだらく

the Fall of Man

堕するだする

to degenerate

堕胎だたい

abortion

堕胎医だたいい

doctor who performs abortions

堕落だらく

depravity

堕落坊主だらくぼうず

apostate priest

堕力だりょく

inertia

Stroke Order

12 strokes