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堕

Level XVII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 2143 / 2,608

Degradation

On’yomi
だ
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
土 Earth (Kangxi 32)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 斑 (Mottled), less common than 萎 (Wither).

A hill on top, dirt in the middle, and a mouth below — falling from a hill into dirt, your mouth filled with soil as you degrade, sinking lower and lower.

堕 is rank 2143 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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