堕 — kanji meaning “degenerate”
堕
degenerate, descend to, lapse into
- Meanings
- degenerate, descend to, lapse into
- On'yomi
- ダ (da)
- Kun'yomi
- お.ちる、くず.す、くず.れる
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2087 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- duò, huī — Chinese character page
Words with 堕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堕落 | だらく daraku | depravity; corruption; degradation |
| 堕胎 | だたい datai | abortion; feticide |
| 堕ちる | おちる ochiru | to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to) |
| 自堕落 | じだらく jidaraku | self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly |
| 堕罪 | だざい dazai | sinking into sin |
| 堕す | だす dasu | to degenerate; to lapse into |
| 堕する | だする dasuru | to degenerate; to lapse into |
| 堕胎医 | だたいい dataii | doctor who performs abortions; abortion provider |
| 堕落坊主 | だらくぼうず darakubouzu | apostate priest |
| 堕胎罪 | だたいざい dataizai | illegal abortion |
| 堕ろす | おろす orosu | to abort (a fetus) |
| 堕落腐敗 | だらくふはい darakufuhai | debasement; corruption; degradation |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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