摔
to throw down; to fall; to drop and break
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Dict coverage rank #2,532 U+6454
How 摔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 率 (phonetic, lǜ)
How to remember it
tumble · Heisig RSH #1321
fingers + 率 rate
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 率
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 率 (lǜ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 率 sound component | lǜ | to command, to lead; rate, ratio, proportion |
| 蟀 | shuài | cricket (2) |
Words containing 摔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破碗破摔 | pò wǎn pò shuāi | lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily |
| 摔门 | shuāi mén | to slam the door |
| 摔打 | shuāi da | to knock; to grasp sth in the hand and beat it; to toughen oneself up |
| 摔跟头 | shuāi gēn tou | to fall; fig. to suffer a setback |
| 摔交 | shuāi jiāo | variant of 摔跤[shuai1 jiao1] |
| 摔角 | shuāi jiǎo | to wrestle; wrestling |
| 摔死 | shuāi sǐ | to fall to one's death; to kill by throwing to the ground |
| 破罐破摔 | pò guàn pò shuāi | (lit.) to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom); (fig.) to give up altogether af… |
| 过肩摔 | guò jiān shuāi | (judo) shoulder throw |
| 摔倒 | shuāi dǎo | to fall down; to slip and fall; to throw sb to the ground |
| 摔断 | shuāi duàn | to break (e.g. bones) in a fall |
| 摔破 | shuāi pò | to fall and smash into pieces |
| 假摔 | jiǎ shuāi | (soccer) diving; simulation; flopping |
| 摔伤 | shuāi shāng | to injure oneself in a fall |
| 摔坏 | shuāi huài | to drop and break |
| 抱摔 | bào shuāi | body slam (wrestling move) |
| 摔跌 | shuāi diē | to take a fall |
| 摔跤 | shuāi jiāo | to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports) |