Taxonomy of meanings for 墜:　　

  • 墜 zhuì (OC: ɡrluds MC: ɖʷɯi) 直類切 去 廣韻：【落也直類切三 】
    • FALL
      • viprocessSW: 從高墜也。 (of dew) drop; CC136 hail down (arrows); CC446: fall from the sky (stars)
      • vt+prep+Nfigurativefall and decline to the level of
      • vadNfallen, that has dropped; that is dropping down
      • vtoNcausativecause something to fall down; drop
      • vtoNfall from
      • vt+prep+Nfall down from; fall down towards
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2causativedrop N1 into N2
      • vtoNfall into; delve intoCH
    • HANG
      • ORNAMENT
        • THROW
          • vttoN1.+N2throw N1 into N2
        • RECEIVE
            (an order etc.)
          • LOSE
            • DESTROY
              • vtoNcausative[CAUSE TO FALL AND BE DESTROYED>] destroy, have destroyed 隊其師 "have destroyed the army"
              • viperfectivebecome corrupted, failLZ
            • DISASTER
              • n[FALLING DOWN>] disaster
            • MEASURING UNIT
          • zhuìCOLLAPSE
            • nabprocesscollapsingCH

          Additional information about 墜

          說文解字: 　　 【墜】，陊也。从土、隊聲。 【古通用䃍。】 【直類切】

            Criteria
          • FALL

            1. The current general word for falling is zhuì 墜, and this word always has concrete meanings typically involving things falling out of the sky or from a high place.

            2. Duò 墮 typically refers to things falling from a much more moderate height.

            3. Yǔn 隕 refers to the falling down of something that has its natural place in a high position, including leaves growing on trees.

            4. Luò 落 is a rare word which usually refers to the falling of leaves from trees.

            5. Xiàn 陷 refers to falling into objects like pits or holes in the ground, also bogs zé 澤, but not rivers and the like.