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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)

下落
xiàluò
whereabouts
低落
dīluò
downcast
俐落
lìluo
variant of [[利落<lìluo>]]
冷落
lěngluò
desolate
HSK 6
凋落
diāoluò
to wither (and drop off)
出落
chūluò
to grow (prettier etc)
利落
lìluo
agile
剥落
bōluò
to peel off
回落
huíluò
to fall back
坐落
zuòluò
to be situated
坠落
zhuìluò
to fall
堕落
duòluò
to degrade
HSK 6
失落
shīluò
to lose (sth)
奚落
xīluò
to taunt
寥落
liáoluò
sparse
屯落
túnluò
village
崩落
bēngluò
talus slide
座落
zuòluò
to be situated
抖落
dǒuluò
to shake out
掉落
diàoluò
to fall down

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