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).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 阝 mound9 strokesFrequency #2870阝 semantic员 phonetic

Definitions

  1. (bound form) to fall from the sky

Etymology & Origin

陨

pictophoneticplace

Decomposition: ⿰阝员 (layout: left-right)

Components:阝semantic员phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
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9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
陨石yǔn shímeteorite
陨落yǔn luòto fall down
陨星yǔn xīngmeteorite
陨石雨yǔn shí yǔmeteorite shower
陨石坑yǔn shí kēngmeteorite impact crater
球粒陨石qiú lì yǔn shíchondrite (type of meteorite)
陨命yǔn mìngvariant of 殞命|殒命[yun3 ming4]
陨首yǔn shǒuto offer one's life in sacrifice
陨坑yǔn kēngmeteorite crater
9
Total compounds
89
As first character
0
As last character
11
As middle character

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.

坑kēng
0.85681,588 co-occurrences
石shí
0.60639,318 co-occurrences
该gāi
0.53623,796 co-occurrences
卫wèi
0.4887,014 co-occurrences
击jī
0.4616,618 co-occurrences
侧cè
0.4584,170 co-occurrences
壁bì
0.4492,394 co-occurrences
蚀shí
0.422414 co-occurrences
撞zhuàng
0.3831,062 co-occurrences
心xīn
0.3807,128 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

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.

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伊朗袭以色列南部包括一核重镇 导弹如陨石半空急坠撞建筑|有片

yī lǎng xí yǐ sè liè nán bù bāo kuò yī hé chóng zhèn dǎo dàn rú yǔn shí bàn kōng jí zhuì zhuàng jiàn zhù yǒu piàn

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Character Family

阝 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mound radical

阿ā隘ài鄙bǐ部bù邓dèng都dōu陡dǒu防fáng附fù隔gé

Related Characters

那nà都dōu院yuàn部bù队duì阳yáng阴yīn际jì随suí邮yóu

Homophones — Characters pronounced yǔn

晕yūn云yún匀yún允yǔn孕yùn运yùn酝yùn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 陨 (yǔn) mean in Chinese?
陨 (yǔn) primarily means "(bound form) to fall from the sky." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2870 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 陨 and 起?
陨 (yǔn) and 起 (qǐ) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 陨 (fall) vs 起 (rise).
How many strokes does 陨 have?
陨 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 陨?
The radical associated with 陨 is 阝 (mound). This radical appears in many characters related to mound.
What are the components of 陨?
陨 is composed of: 阝 (semantic), 员 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰阝员 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 陨?
Common words with 陨 include: 陨石 (yǔn shí, "meteorite"); 陨落 (yǔn luò, "to fall down"); 陨星 (yǔn xīng, "meteorite"); 陨石雨 (yǔn shí yǔ, "meteorite shower"); 陨石坑 (yǔn shí kēng, "meteorite impact crater"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 陨 (yǔn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation yǔn: 晕 (dizzy), 云 ((classical) to say), 匀 (even), 允 (just), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 陨 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 陨 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.