陨 yǔn to slip
to slip; to fall
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
陨 = 阝 mound + 员 member
- 阝 mound
- 员 member
- 口 mouth
- 贝 sea shell
On the icy mound by the ski lift, the new club member waves hello, then begins to slip.
用法
- 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.