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隕: fall from the sky

fall from the sky; meteorite
13 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 4 words here

Readings

On
イン・エン・ウン
Kun
おちる

Almost always met in 隕石 (meteorite); the kun-reading おちる is normally written 落ちる.

Key words

隕石いんせきmeteorite
隕鉄いんてつiron meteorite
隕星いんせいmeteor; falling star

Example sentences

News spread through town that a meteorite fell on the hill behind it last night.

The museum displays a giant iron meteorite found in the desert.

At the light of a falling star splitting the night sky, the traveler stopped without thinking.

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