塌

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to collapse; to droop; to settle down

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

earth

Components 土日羽

fall down · Heisig RSH #1775

土 soil + sun + wings

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
死心塌地	sǐ xīn tā dì	to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
乌塌菜	wū tā cài	rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)
塌下	tā xià	to collapse
塌方	tā fāng	to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide
塌台	tā tái	to collapse
一塌糊涂	yī tā hú tu	muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a tot…
塌实	tā shi	variant of 踏實\|踏实[ta1 shi5]
塌房	tā fáng	(neologism c. 2020) (of a celebrity) to have one's reputation tank due to a scandal
倒塌	dǎo tā	to collapse (of building); to topple over
冲塌	chōng tā	to cause (a dam) to collapse
塌架	tā jià	to collapse; to come to grief
塌陷	tā xiàn	to subside; to sink; to cave in
崩塌	bēng tā	talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide
颓塌	tuí tā	to collapse
疲塌	pí ta	variant of 疲沓[pi2 ta5]
塌棵菜	tā kē cài	Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard); Chinese flat cabbage
垮塌	kuǎ tā	to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
坍塌	tān tā	to collapse
蹧塌	zāo tà	variant of 糟蹋[zao1 ta4]