Memory phrase for the character: 坠

坠

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to fall, to drop, to weigh down

zhuì

Top: troops 队 (On the hill 阝the persons 人 are posted as troops), bottom: earth 土

From the hill the person comes (down) to the earth, because he has fallen down.

阝	hill	This radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
土	earth, ground	Pay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.

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坠落	zhuì luò	to fall; to drop
摇摇欲坠	yáo yáo yù zhuì	tottering; on the verge of collapse
金乌西坠，玉兔东升	jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng	lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset
金乌西坠，玉兔东升	jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng

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