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Kanji Detail for 落 - "to fall, to drop, to settle"

落

  • Meaning

    落 means "to fall, to drop, to settle."

    1. Fall - To drop down; to descend.

    2. Drop - To let fall; to release.

    3. Settle - To come to rest.

  • Words using 落

    • 下落 げらく Listen depreciation; decline; fall
    • 落ち着いた おちついた Listen calm; composed; cool
    • 墜落 ついらく Listen fall; crash (of an aircraft)
    • 落語 らくご Listen rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
    • 急落 きゅうらく Listen sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop
    • 暴落 ぼうらく Listen slump; crash; heavy fall
    • 落差 らくさ Listen difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall)
    • 落札 らくさつ Listen successful bid; winning a tender

  • Four-character idioms with 落

    • 一件落着 いっけんらくちゃく Listen an issue being settled; a case being closed
    • 一栄一落 いちえいいちらく Listen rise and fall
    • 堕落腐敗 だらくふはい Listen debasement; corruption; degradation
    • 失望落胆 しつぼうらくたん Listen being disappointed and disheartened
    • 孤城落日 こじょうらくじつ Listen feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
    • 沈魚落雁 ちんぎょらくがん Listen charms of a uniquely beautiful woman

  • Tattoo check: 落

    • Verified meaning: to fall, to drop, to settle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おち, たかおち, らく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 落

    Surnames 落(おち)Listen 落(たかおち)Listen 落(らく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fall; drop; come down; village; hamlet

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fall, drop; net income, surplus

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Tree leaves falling. Such as 黃落 (yellow falling), 零落 (scattered falling). By extension, describing a person's situation and circumstances. Such as 冷落 (neglected), 淪落 (fallen on hard times), 流落 (drifting), 墮落 (degraded). All speak of decline and dispersion. | Things dropping from above. Such as 落雨 (falling rain), 落雪 (falling snow). Being dismissed and not used is also called 落. Such as 落第 (failing an examination), 落職 (dismissed from office). | Omitted. Such as when writing has errors or omissions, called 落幾字 (missing some characters). Cutting out is also called 落. Such as saying 刊落浮詞 (cutting out flowery words) and the like. | Sparse. Such as saying 寥落晨星 (sparse morning stars). Also a spacious appearance. Such as 闊落 (broad), 廓落 (open). | Settled inhabitants. Refers to places where people gather to live. Such as 部落 (tribe), 村落 (village). Therefore hedges are also called 藩落. Nowadays the site of a building is called 坐落. | Beginning. The ceremony performed when a palace or building is first completed is called 落. Nowadays a newly completed house is called 落成. | 落落. The appearance of standing independently and not following the crowd. Such as saying 落落寡合 (aloof and having few companions), 落落大方 (natural and unaffected). All have this meaning.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    raku(ラク) ラク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    o.chi(おち) おち

    o.chiru(お-ちる) お-ちる

    oto.su(お-とす) お-とす

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    to fall to drop to settle capture defect die finish lose wear decline collapse decrease descend deteriorate dip plummet reduce sink slide slip stumble

Sentences including 落

  • This country is really going to the dogs !

  • I will be a repeater !

  • The boy fell off the bed.

  • That is why he failed in the exam.

  • The monkey came down.

  • She did not let failure discourage her.

  • He is very depressed.

  • The boy all but fell into the river.

  • His son fell over the cliff.

  • The leaves fell from the trees.

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