跌

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to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To lose 失 one's footing 足

Components 足失

slump · Heisig RSH #2326

wooden leg + 失 lose

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大跌市	dà diē shì	(HK) stock market crash; major market downturn
大跌眼镜	dà diē yǎn jìng	(fig.) to be astounded
跌破眼镜	diē pò yǎn jìng	(fig.) to be astounded
跌打药	diē dǎ yào	liniment
跌眼镜	diē yǎn jìng	to be taken aback
大跌	dà diē	large fall
跌市	diē shì	falling stock prices; bear market
跌水	diē shuǐ	drop of height in waterway; staircase of waterfalls
下跌	xià diē	to fall; to tumble
跌风	diē fēng	falling prices; bear market
跌打损伤	diē dǎ sǔn shāng	injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
跌交	diē jiāo	variant of 跌跤[die1 jiao1]
回跌	huí diē	to fall back (of water level or share prices)
跌至谷底	diē zhì gǔ dǐ	to hit rock bottom (idiom)
跌进	diē jìn	to fall into; to dip below a certain level
跌落	diē luò	to fall; to drop
走跌	zǒu diē	(of prices, rates etc) to trend downward; to decline
跌停板	diē tíng bǎn	daily lower limit on the price of a stock
跌足	diē zú	to stamp one's foot (in anger)
跌倒	diē dǎo	to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)