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落
luò
1. to fall or drop
2. (of the sun) to set
3. (of a tide) to go out
4. to lower
5. to decline or sink
6. to lag or fall behind
7. to fall onto
8. to rest with
9. to get or receive
10. to write down
11. whereabouts
12. settlement
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

落
luò
to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
HSK 4 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

落寞
luòmò
lonely
落后
luòhòu
to fall behind
HSK 5
疏落
shūluò
sparse
落下
luòxià
to fall
落实
luòshí
practical
HSK 6
落座
luòzuò
to sit down
流落
liúluò
to wander about destitute
涨落
zhǎngluò
(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
菌落
jūnluò
bacterial colony
脱落
tuōluò
to drop off
落入
luòrù
to fall into
落尘
luòchén
dust fall
落幕
luòmù
the curtain drops
殒落
yǔnluò
see [[隕落|陨落<yǔnluò>]]
没落
mòluò
to decline
滑落
huáluò
to slide
滚落
gǔnluò
to tumble
发落
fāluò
to deal with (an offender)
磊落
lěiluò
big and stout
剥落
bōluò
to peel off

Alternate Entries

落
là
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
落
lào
see [[落枕<làozhěn>]] and [[落炕<làokàng>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
495
Word Frequency Rank
1,555 of 84,292