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落 お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす fall, drop, come down 3 420 12 140 くさ・くさかんむり 形声 Phonetic Water each flower or the petals will wither and fall.

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ラク おち 墜落(ついらく): falling; crashing落ちる(おちる): (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money) (2) to be omitted; to be missing (3) to decrease; to sink (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.) (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind (6) to become indecent (of a conversation) (7) to be ruined; to go under (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick) (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender (13) to come to (in the end); to end in (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) (15) to swoon (judo) (16) to consent; to understand (17) to crash; to freeze (18) (of animals) to die (19) to move to the depths落ち込む(おちこむ): (1) to feel down (sad) (2) to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy); to be in an unfavourable condition (3) to fall into (e.g. a hole)落ち着き(おちつき): (1) calmness; composure; presence of mind (2) stability; steadiness落下(らっか): fall; drop; come down落とす(おとす): (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election) (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with (6) to download; to copy from a computer to another medium (7) to make someone swoon (judo) (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line) (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)落ち葉(おちば): (1) fallen leaves; leaf litter (2) deciduous転落(てんらく): fall; degradation; slump; spill没落(ぼつらく): ruin; fall; collapse落ち着く(おちつく): (1) to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind (2) to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate (3) to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in (4) to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached (5) to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit (6) to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued落第(らくだい): failure; dropping out of a class見落とす(みおとす): to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)落とし物(おとしもの): lost property洒落(しゃれ): (1) joke; pun; witticism (2) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; refined御洒落(おしゃれ): (1) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious (2) someone smartly dressed (3) to dress up; to be fashionable洒落る(しゃれる): (1) to dress stylishly (2) to joke; to play on words洒落(しゃらく): frank; open-hearted 3 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)洛: Kyoto; the capital 艸 6 (none) fall [It´s been suggested on the forum (http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=1079) that flower across the full width of the kanji and water on the left below it should have its own keyword; seaweed is a popular choice. See also dilute (#227), clan (#1912), seaweed (#2035). This story is for the benefit of those using that idea.] Picture a group of Japanese skydivers falling through the sky -- suddenly each one opens, instead of a parachute, an enormous sheet of nori seaweed to carry them safely down.

Kanji	落
Onyomi	ラク
Kunyomi	お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす
Nanori	おち
English	fall, drop, come down
Examples	墜落(ついらく): falling; crashing 落ちる(おちる): (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money) (2) to be omitted; to be missing (3) to decrease; to sink (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.) (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind (6) to become indecent (of a conversation) (7) to be ruined; to go under (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick) (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender (13) to come to (in the end); to end in (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) (15) to swoon (judo) (16) to consent; to understand (17) to crash; to freeze (18) (of animals) to die (19) to move to the depths 落ち込む(おちこむ): (1) to feel down (sad) (2) to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy); to be in an unfavourable condition (3) to fall into (e.g. a hole) 落ち着き(おちつき): (1) calmness; composure; presence of mind (2) stability; steadiness 落下(らっか): fall; drop; come down 落とす(おとす): (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election) (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with (6) to download; to copy from a computer to another medium (7) to make someone swoon (judo) (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line) (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting) 落ち葉(おちば): (1) fallen leaves; leaf litter (2) deciduous 転落(てんらく): fall; degradation; slump; spill 没落(ぼつらく): ruin; fall; collapse 落ち着く(おちつく): (1) to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind (2) to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate (3) to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in (4) to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached (5) to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit (6) to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued 落第(らくだい): failure; dropping out of a class 見落とす(みおとす): to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing) 落とし物(おとしもの): lost property 洒落(しゃれ): (1) joke; pun; witticism (2) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; refined 御洒落(おしゃれ): (1) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious (2) someone smartly dressed (3) to dress up; to be fashionable 洒落る(しゃれる): (1) to dress stylishly (2) to joke; to play on words 洒落(しゃらく): frank; open-hearted
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	420
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 洛: Kyoto; the capital
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	艸
Radical Number	140
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	fall
Koohii Story 1	Water each flower or the petals will wither and fall.
Koohii Story 2	[It´s been suggested on the forum (http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=1079) that flower across the full width of the kanji and water on the left below it should have its own keyword; seaweed is a popular choice. See also dilute (#227), clan (#1912), seaweed (#2035). This story is for the benefit of those using that idea.] Picture a group of Japanese skydivers falling through the sky -- suddenly each one opens, instead of a parachute, an enormous sheet of nori seaweed to carry them safely down.

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