落 — fall, drop, come down

おちる落 fall

U+843D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 3 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 3 level. Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes Freq #420 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #320 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fall
drop
come down
village
hamlet

word

お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

落(お) ちる ochiru to fall 落(お) とす otosu to drop 落(お) ち着(つ) く ochitsuku to calm down 落(お) ち込(こ) む ochikomu to feel depressed

らく raku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

下(げ) 落(らく) geraku decline

Stroke order

No stroke-order diagram yet. Render via rake kanji:render_strokes KANJIVG_DIR=...