陨 yǔn to slip
to slip; to fall
怎么记住“陨”: 阝 mound + 员 member = to slip. On the icy mound by the ski lift, the new club member waves hello, then begins to slip.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
陨 = 阝 mound + 员 member
- 阝 mound meaning
- 员 member sound
- 口 mouth
- 贝 sea shell
On the icy mound by the ski lift, the new club member waves hello, then begins to slip.
How it came to be
The mound gives the meaning and the right part the sound: falling from a height.
用法
- To fall from the sky/heights: 陨石 (yǔnshí) meteorite, 陨落 (yǔnluò) to fall/plummet.
- 陨落 is used elegiacally for a great figure's death: 一代巨星陨落 (yí dài jùxīng yǔnluò) a giant of the age has fallen.
- Bound and literary; you meet it mainly in 陨石 and 陨落.