落 – fall, drop, come down

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The kanji 落 means fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ラク (raku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす (ochiru, ochi, otosu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ラク	raku
Kun’yomi	お.ちる	ochiru
Kun’yomi	お.ち	ochi
Kun’yomi	お.とす	otosu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 口・汁・夂・艾.

Words using 落

落るおちるto fall落すおとすto dropお洒落おしゃれstylish洒落しゃれjoke落第らくだいfailure (in an examination)落着くおちつくto calm down落し物おとしものlost property落葉おちばfallen leaves転落てんらくfall墜落ついらくfall没落ぼつらくruin落下らっかfall洒落るしゃれるto dress stylishly落ち込むおちこむto feel down落ち着きおちつきcalmness見落とすみおとすto overlook

Example sentences

おじいちゃんが階段から落ちて大怪我をしたんだ。

Grandpa fell down the stairs and got a serious injury.

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山の向こうに日が落ちた。

The sun descended behind the mountains.

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今月は売上が落ちた。

Sales are down this month.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華荒

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.