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陨 yǔn to slip

to slip; to fall

How to remember 陨: 阝 mound + 员 member = to slip. On the icy mound by the ski lift, the new club member waves hello, then begins to slip.

  • HSK 9
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 阝

Component breakdown

陨 = 阝 mound + 员 member

  • 阝 mound
  • 员 member
    • 口 mouth
    • 贝 sea shell
The Gushi story

On the icy mound by the ski lift, the new club member waves hello, then begins to slip.

How it is used

  • To fall from the sky/heights: 陨石 (yǔnshí) meteorite, 陨落 (yǔnluò) to fall/plummet.
  • 陨落 is used elegiacally for a great figure's death - 一代巨星陨落 (yí dài jùxīng yǔnluò) a giant of the age has fallen.
  • Bound and literary; you meet it mainly in 陨石 and 陨落.

Words with 陨