陨 (yǔn): (bound form) to fall from the sky
陨 (yǔn) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to fall from the sky.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 阝 (semantic) and 员 (phonetic). It ranks #2870 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 陨 place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- (bound form) to fall from the sky
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陨石noun | yǔn shí | meteorite |
| 陨落verb | yǔn luò | to fall down |
| 陨星noun | yǔn xīng | meteorite |
| 陨石雨 | yǔn shí yǔ | meteorite shower |
| 陨石坑noun | yǔn shí kēng | meteorite impact crater |
| 球粒陨石 | qiú lì yǔn shí | chondrite (type of meteorite) |
| 陨命 | yǔn mìng | to die |
| 陨首verb | yǔn shǒu | to offer one's life in sacrifice |
| 陨坑 | yǔn kēng | meteorite crater |
陨 appears in 9 compound words: 89 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 陨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
陨字由9笔画组成,结构很巧妙。
yǔn zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "陨" consists of nine strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.
萨菲罗斯召唤陨石降临,星球面临毁灭危机,巨大的星球守护者兵器随之觉醒。
sà Fēi luó sī zhào huàn yǔn shí jiàng lín , xīng qiú miàn lín huǐ miè wēi jī , jù dà de xīng qiú shǒu hù zhě bīng qì suí zhī jué xǐng .
Sephiroth summoned a meteor to strike the planet, putting it in danger of destruction, and a massive planetary guardian weapon awoke in response.
中国准备发射嫦娥七号,它将尝试首次直接在月球南极着陆,搜寻阴影区的陨石坑去寻找水冰。
zhōng guó zhǔn bèi fā shè cháng é qī hào , tā jiāng cháng shì shǒu cì zhí jiē zài yuè qiú nán jí zhe lù , sōu xún yīn yǐng qū de yǔn shí kēng qù xún zhǎo shuǐ bīng .
China is preparing to launch Chang'e-7, which will attempt the first-ever direct landing at the lunar south pole to search for water ice in craters located in the shadowed regions.
进入车内,G9L 提供撒哈拉橙、波尔多红、拂晓白和陨石黑四套内饰。
jìn rù chē nèi , G 9 L tí gōng sā hā lā chéng , bō ěr duō hóng , 拂 xiǎo bái hé yǔn shí hēi sì tào nèi shì .
Inside the cabin, the G9L offers four interior color schemes: Sahara Orange, Bordeaux Red, Dawn White, and Meteorite Black.
三星堆首次发现陨铁器
sān xīng duī shǒu cì fā xiàn yǔn tiě qì
Meteorite Artifacts Discovered for the First Time at Sanxingdui
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 阝 (place) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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