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陨

yǔn

Character Traditional 隕

What 陨 means

1. bound formto fall from the sky
2. variant of {殒|yǔn}

Example sentences

• 马尼夸根湖是加拿大魁北克的环形湖，是2亿年前一场巨大冲击形成的陨石坑遗迹。
  Mǎ ní kuā gēn hú shì Jiānádà Kuíběikè de huánxíng hú, shì 2 yì niánqián yī chǎng jùdà chōngjī xíngchéng de yǔnshíkēng yíjì.
  Lake Manicouagan, a ring-shaped lake in Quebec, Canada, is all that remains of a crater from a massive impact over 200 million years ago.

Words starting with 陨

• 陨石yǔn shímeteorite; aerolite
• 陨坑yǔn kēngmeteorite crater
• 陨星yǔn xīngmeteorite; falling star
• 陨落yǔn luòto fall down; to decay; to fall from the sky
• 陨首yǔn shǒuto offer one's life in sacrifice
• 陨石坑yǔn shí kēngmeteorite impact crater
• 陨石雨yǔn shí yǔmeteorite shower
• 陨命yǔn mìngvariant of 殒命; to die; to perish

Words containing 陨

• 球粒陨石qiú lì yǔn shíchondrite (type of meteorite)

Characters built on 员

These share the phonetic component 员 (yuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 勋xūn(bound form) meritorious accomplishment
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die
• 郧yúnname of a feudal state
• 埙xūnocarina; wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
• 筼yúnused in 筼筜

Characters that look like 陨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 陶táopottery; pleased
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 陛bìthe steps to the throne
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals

Sounds the same

Read yǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 允just; fair; to permit
• 殒(literary) to perish; to die
• 狁name of a tribe
• 霣rain storm; to fall