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落

fall
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingラク
Kun readingお.ちる、お.ち、お.とす
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. fallRtK
    彼は落石で即死した。A blow from a falling stone killed him.tatoeba
    黄色い落ち葉をさす色で、平安時代は赤みがかったあざやかな黄色。Kuchiba refers to the color of yellow fallen leaves, and it was brilliant reddish yellow in the Heian period.wiki
  2. come down
    両親は彼を落ち着かせることに成功した。The parents succeeded in calming him down.tatoeba
    洒落の利いていることを洒落るという。When someone/something appears tasteful, it is described as 'shareru' (in its form of a verb).wiki
  3. drop
  4. hamlet
  5. village
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to come down
  4. to crash
  5. to collapse

Popular Usage

落る落す洒落落着く落し物お洒落落ち葉落ちる落とす落ち込む落ち着き

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · each · walking legs (儿) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 320

Compound words

洒落しゃれ
joke; pun; jest; witticism; wordplay
落し物おとしもの
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
落ちるおちる
to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse
落とすおとす
to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze)
落ち込むおちこむ
to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.)
落ち着きおちつき
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
集落しゅうらく
settlement; village; community; town; (bacterial) colony
脱落だつらく
dropping out; falling behind; falling by the wayside; desertion; omission
落慶らっけい
celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction
落ち着くおちつく
to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax; to calm down
流れ落ちるながれおちる
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
お洒落おしゃれ
stylish; fashionable; trendy; chic; smartly dressed
落ち葉おちば
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves; leaf fall; dropping leaves
下落げらく
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
陥落かんらく
subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in
急落きゅうらく
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
堕落だらく
depravity; corruption; degradation
段落だんらく
paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion
墜落ついらく
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
低落ていらく
fall; decline; slump
転落てんらく
fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive
反落はんらく
reactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices)
部落ぶらく
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
暴落ぼうらく
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline

On Reading Examples

建物は落書きだらけで見た目が悪い。らくがき
The graffiti-covered building is ugly to look at.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

肘掛けいすに腰掛けてしばらく落ち着いてください。おちつく
Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は平衡を失ってはしごから落ちた。
He lost his balance and fell off the ladder.tatoeba
彼は父親の前では落ち着かなかった。
He felt uneasy in his father's presence.tatoeba
彼は父の前では落ち着かなかった。
He felt uneasy in his father's presence.tatoeba
彼は父の前だと落ち着かなかった。
He felt uneasy in his father's presence.tatoeba
治家は敗れ没落する。
Haruie lost, and he fell.wiki
自身が没落することになる。
Finally, Takakuni himself went to ruin.wiki
筆力粘り強く、落ち着きある書風。
It is the relaxed calligraphy with tenacious and powerful strokes.wiki
同年10月、容態が落ち着き、長与病院に戻り再入院。
In October of the same year, when his condition became stable, he returned to the Nagayo Gastrointestinal Hospital.wiki
落ち葉も燃料として用いられ、灰はカリウム肥料として田畑に入れられた。
Fallen leaves were also used as fuel, and the ashes were plowed as a potassium fertilizer in the field.wiki
瀬田の橋が落ちるなど大きな被害。
There were heavy damages such as the collapsed bridge of Seta.wiki
味は若干落ちるが、劣化は少ない。
The rice will be slightly less tasty, but deterioration will be little.wiki
命を落とすが…。
She lost her life but....wiki
フグの口先を落とす。
Cut off the tip of the pufferfish mouth.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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