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CHINESE CHARACTER

luò

落

落

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dip

Numbered pinyin
luo4
English meanings
come down, have, remain where one is, go under, leave behind, lower, decline, stay behind, lag behind, dip, precipitate, go down, be missing, fall/leave/stay behind, belong to, set (of sun), drop, ebb (of tide), set, receive, set down, drop behind, light, rest with, obtain, fall, leave/stay behind, fall onto, turn over to, fall behind, sink, get, ebb, land, leave out

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 艹; bottom 洛.

  • Top

    艹
  • Bottom

    洛
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    • Left

      氵
    • Right

      各
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      • Top

        夂
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      • Bottom

        口

Meaning & sound clues

艹 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “plant”.

洛 is identified as the sound component (luò). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 落.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱艹洛

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yèzi叶子luò落le了。

    The leaves fell.

  2. 02

    tàiyáng太阳luò落shān山。

    The sun set.

  3. 03

    luòxià落下yǔ雨。

    Rain fell.

  4. 04

    luò落zài在hòumian后面。

    Fell behind.

  5. 05

    bié别luòhòu落后。

    Don't fall behind.

  6. 06

    dōngxi东西luòxià落下le了。

    Left something behind.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 下落
  • 光明磊落
  • 冷落
  • 回落
  • 坐落
  • 堕落
  • 失落
  • 段落
  • 水落石出
  • 没落
  • 着落
  • 脱落
  • 落下
  • 落后
  • 落地
  • 落实
  • 落差
  • 落户
  • 角落
  • 降落