The kanji 落: meaning, readings and stroke order
落
- Meaning
- fall, drop
- On reading
- ラク raku
- Kun reading
- お(ちる) ochiru、お(とす) otosu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艸 grass
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- rơi (lạc)
- Japanese
- おちる。おとす。
- Korean
- 떨어지다 (낙·락)
- Chinese
- 掉落、落下
Readings, words and example sentences
ラク raku · on reading · less common
落下
falling down
木の 実が 落下しました。
A nut fell from the tree.
お(ちる) ochiru · kun reading
落ちる
to fall
本が たなから 落ちました。
A book fell off the shelf.
お(とす) otosu · kun reading
落とす
to drop
さいふを 落として しまいました。
Oh no, I dropped my wallet somewhere.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.