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Kanji Information Sheet for 落 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
艾 (カイ, ゲイ, もぐさ, よもぎ, おさ.める, か.る) – moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
艸 (ソウ, くさ, くさかんむり, そうこう) – grass; plants
艾 (カイ, ゲイ, もぐさ, よもぎ, おさ.める, か.る) – moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
艸 (ソウ, くさ, くさかんむり, そうこう) – grass; plants
Henshall Mnemonic: from each plant, leaf falls like drop of water
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #420 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #420 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
- 落ちる [おちる]
(v1) (1) to fall down; to drop; (2) to fail (e.g. exam); (3) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 落第 [らくだい]
(n,vs) failure; dropping out of a class [K] [D] [Jisho] - 御洒落 [おしゃれ]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) smartly dressed; someone smartly dressed; fashion-conscious [K] [D] [Jisho] - 洒落 [しゃれ]
(adj-na,n) joke; pun; witticism [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 転落 [てんらく]
(n,vs) fall; degradation; slump; spill [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見落とす [みおとす]
(v5s) to overlook; to fail to notice [K] [D] [Jisho] - 墜落 [ついらく]
(n,vs) falling; crashing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ち込む [おちこむ]
(v5m) to fall into; to feel down (sad) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ち着き [おちつき]
(n) calm; composure [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ち葉 [おちば]
(n,vs) fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落とす [おとす]
(v5s) to drop; to lose; to let fall [K] [D] [Jisho] - 洒落る [しゃれる]
(v1) to joke; to play on words; to dress stylishly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落下 [らっか]
(n,vs) fall; drop; come down [K] [D] [Jisho] - 没落 [ぼつらく]
(n) ruin; fall; collapse [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 落胆 [らくたん]
(n) discouragement; despondency; dejection [K] [D] [Jisho] - 堕落 [だらく]
(n) depravity; corruption; degradation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 陥落 [かんらく]
(n) fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落雷 [らくらい]
(n) thunderbolt; bolt of lightning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暴落 [ぼうらく]
(n) slump [K] [D] [Jisho] - 集落 [しゅうらく]
(n) village [K] [D] [Jisho] - 崩落 [ほうらく]
(n,vs) collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline [K] [D] [Jisho] - 急落 [きゅうらく]
(n) sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop [K] [D] [Jisho] - 部落 [ぶらく]
(n) subunit of village [K] [D] [Jisho] - 当落 [とうらく]
(n) election results [K] [D] [Jisho] - 段落 [だんらく]
(n) end; conclusion; paragraph [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一段落 [いちだんらく]
(n) pause [K] [D] [Jisho] - 反落 [はんらく]
(n) reaction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落 [おち]
(n) joke punch line [K] [D] [Jisho] - 脱落 [だつらく]
(n) loss [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ちこぼれ [おちこぼれ]
(n) leftovers; odds and ends; pickings [K] [D] [Jisho] - 手落ち [ておち]
(n) oversight; omission [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ち合う [おちあう]
(v5u) to gather; to meet; to join; to flow together; to rendezvous [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ち着いた [おちついた]
quiet; calm; composed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ち着く [おちつく]
(v5k) to calm down; to settle down; to be steady; to settle in; to take up one's residence; to harmonize with; to match; to restore presence of mind [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落ち度 [おちど]
(n) mistake; error [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落とし穴 [おとしあな]
(n) pitfall; trap; pit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落とし物 [おとしもの]
(n) lost property [K] [D] [Jisho] - 低落 [ていらく]
(n) fall; decline; slump [K] [D] [Jisho] - 下落 [げらく]
(n) depreciation; decline; fall; slump [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.