落 (luò)
to fall; to drop; to lower; to leave behind
How 落 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 落
- Simplified
- 落 (unchanged)
Components
- 艹 grass
- 氵 water
- 夂 go
- 口 mouth
落 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- là
- to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- lào
- see 落[luo4]
- luò
- to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower
Common words using 落
- 失落 shīluò
- to lose
- 角落 jiǎoluò
- nook; corner
- 部落 bùluò
- tribe
- 低落 dīluò
- downcast
- 冷落 lěngluò
- desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly
- 利落 lìluò
- agile; nimble; all settled
- 回落 huíluò
- to fall back; to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
- 坐落 zuòluò
- to be situated; to be located (of a building)
- 墜落 zhuìluò
- to fall; to drop
- 墮落 duòluò
- to morally degenerate; to become depraved; a fall from grace
- 大起大落 dàqǐdàluò
- significant ups and downs (idiom)
- 掉落 diàoluò
- to fall down
落 in a sentence
別把東西落在公車上。
Bié bǎ dōngxī luò zài gōngchē shàng.
“Don't leave your things on the bus.”
How common is 落?
落 is the 496th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 75.6% of all running text.
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