entries → 跌
TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
跌 character · B2 (est.)
跌 ＝ 足 ＋ 失
ㄉㄧㄝ · diē
verb — to fall, stumble; (of prices) to drop

字源 FORM — what the parts do

足義a foot — the step that goes wrong
失聲shī — gives the soundto lose hold, let slip
IF≠shī → diē — the donor's sound has slid far off
A foot (足) that loses its hold (失) — to stumble, to fall; and prices losing their footing, to drop. 失 shī gives the sound, the reading much diverged. 跌倒、下跌、跌跤.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

腳（足）下一空（失），人就栽了下去——跌。
The foot (足) finds nothing under it (失), and down he goes — a fall.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)跌倒、摔跌— to fall, stumble常用
→下跌、跌價— to drop in price, fall常用
⇒跌跤— to take a tumble, trip
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
失shīthe bare phonetic — 跌 adds 足 to make the foot lose its hold跤jiāothe partner in 跌跤 — the tumble itself, also over 足