坠 (zhuì) — to fall; to drop; to weigh down (figurative); (noun) pendant; earring
Definition
坠 (zhuì) covers both falling physically and 'weighing down' a person figuratively (心情沉重坠着他). As a noun it means a pendant/earring (耳坠), a more traditional/literary word than the everyday 耳环.
verb
to fallto dropto weigh down (figurative)
noun
pendantearring
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
Examples
- 坠。Yí piàn shù yè cóng shù shàng zhuì le xià lái.A leaf fell from the tree.
- 坠。Zhè ge huài xiāo xi zhuì dé tā xīn qíng chén zhòng.This bad news weighed heavily on his mood.
- 坠。Tā dài le yí duì piào liang de ěr zhuì.She wore a pair of beautiful earrings.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
坠 combines 土, an earth-related part, with 队, which gives the sound.
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