落
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to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艸 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 落
- Common rank
- #295
- Unicode
- U+843D
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
fall · Heisig RSH #316
洛 L.A. + flower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 落
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 落花有意，流水无情 | lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom)… | |
| 家道中落 | to come down in the world (idiom); to suffer a reversal of fortune | |
| 日落西山 | the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end; fig. time of decline;… | |
| 一字不落 | see 一字不漏[yi1 zi4 bu4 lou4] | |
| 水落石出 | (lit.) as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); (fig.) the truth comes to light | |
| 落花流水 | to be in a sorry state; to be utterly defeated | |
| 落花生 | peanut (the plant) | |
| 下落不明 | unaccounted; unknown whereabouts | |
| 大起大落 | (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom); volatile; significant ups and downs; … | |
| 落子 | see 蓮花落|莲花落[lian2 hua1 lao4] | |
| 落子 | to place a stone on the board (in Go) | |
| 落水管 | drainpipe; water spout | |
| 落水 | to fall into water; to sink; overboard; fig. to degenerate; to sink (into depravity); to g… | |
| 落基山 | Rocky Mountains in West US and Canada | |
| 落地 | to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; (of a baby) to be … | |
| 落马 | (lit.) to fall from a horse; (fig.) to suffer a setback; to come a cropper; to be sacked (… | |
| 黑落德 | Herod (biblical King) | |
| 发落 | to deal with (an offender) | |
| 利落 | agile; nimble; all settled; in order | |
| 落地生根 | air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum); to put down roots |