墜 Crash

Radical Combination

• 阝

  Building
• 丷

  Horns
• 豕

  Pig
• 土

  Dirt

Meaning

Primary

Crash

Mnemonic

A building falls into the dirt when a pig with horns crashes into it. The building literally crashes to the ground when the horned pig attacks it.

Hints

Picture a pig with horns crashing into a building and both of them crashing into the dirt. Uh oh, is the pig dead?

Readings

On’yomi

つい

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You pull the poor pig out of the rubble of the crash. It's not dead, but it had a nasty bump to the head and now thinks it's a bird. "TWEET (つい)!" says the pig. "Tweet, tweet, tweet!" Poor confused pig.

Hints

Imagine trying to explain to the pig that it's a pig, and not a bird. "Tweet, tweet, tweet!" says the pig again. Oh dear.