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Kanji Details for 落

Kanji definition, readings and usage

JLPT 3

Strokes: 12

Radicals:

fall, drop, come down

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  • ラク
  • お.ちる
  • お.ち
  • お.とす

Popular Words

Common words that use this kanji

  • 落ちる, 堕ちる, 墜ちる, 落る

    to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)

    to be omitted; to be missing

    to decrease; to sink

    to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)

    to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind

    to become indecent (of a conversation)

    to be ruined; to go under

    to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list)

    to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession

    to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)

    to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee

    to fall; to be defeated; to surrender

    to come to (in the end); to end in

    to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)

    to swoon (judo)

    to consent; to understand

    to crash; to freeze

    (of animals) to die

    to move to the depths

  • 落ちる, 堕ちる, 墜ちる, 落る

    to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)

    to be omitted; to be missing

    to decrease; to sink

    to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)

    to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind

    to become indecent (of a conversation)

    to be ruined; to go under

    to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list)

    to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession

    to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)

    to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee

    to fall; to be defeated; to surrender

    to come to (in the end); to end in

    to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)

    to swoon (judo)

    to consent; to understand

    to crash; to freeze

    (of animals) to die

    to move to the depths

  • 落とす, 落す

    to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind

    to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape

    to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)

    to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances

    to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with

    to download; to copy from a computer to another medium

    to make someone swoon (judo)

    to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)

    to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

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