noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. fall, crash (e.g. aircraft).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
墜落 ついらく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

crash, fall (down)
ツイ お.ちる (Late Jr. High, N1)
regiment, party, company
タイ (4th, N1)
place, left village radical - 2 stroke form (no. 170), mound
こざと
consummate, (遂 variant)
to divide
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
fall, drop, come down
お.ちる ラク おち (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
Kyoto, the capital
ラク (Kentei Pre-1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
each, every, either
カク おのおの かか (4th, N2)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)