落 — fall, drop, come down

おちる落 fall

おちる

U+843D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #420 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #320 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

fall
drop
come down
village
hamlet

Readings

On'yomi: らく raku
Kun'yomi: お o

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お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

落(お) ちる ochiru to fall 落(お) とす otosu to drop 落(お) ち着(つ) く ochitsuku to calm down 見(み) 落(お) とす miotosu to overlook 落(お) ち ochi punchline 手(て) 落(お) ち teochi oversight 落(お) ちこぼれ ochikobore fallen scraps 落(お) ち合(あ) う ochiau to meet up (as arranged)

らく raku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

下(げ) 落(らく) geraku decline 集(しゅう) 落(らく) shuuraku settlement 落(らく) 語(ご) rakugo rakugo 部(ぶ) 落(らく) buraku hamlet 転(てん) 落(らく) tenraku fall 落(らく) 書(が) き rakugaki graffiti 急(きゅう) 落(らく) kyuuraku sharp decline 反(はん) 落(らく) hanraku reactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices)

Words by frequency and grade

43 words

Each dot is a word containing 落: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.