掉 (diào): meaning and stroke order
掉 (diào) means to fall, to drop, to lag behind, to lose, to go missing, to reduce, fall (in prices).
掉
- Simplified
- 掉
- Traditional
- 掉 (same form)
- Pinyin
- diào
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Stroke order of 掉
掉
- diào to fall; to drop
- 11 strokes
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Meaning of 掉
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diào
- to fall
- to drop
- to lag behind
- to lose
- to go missing
- to reduce
- fall (in prices)
- to lose (value, weight etc)
- to wag
- to swing
- to turn
- to change
- to exchange
- to swap
- to show off
- to shed (hair)
- (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
Radical and structure
- 掉
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 11 strokes · 扌 on the left, 卓 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 掉
- 辞掉 cí diào to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
- 丢掉 diū diào to lose; to throw away
掉 in our stories
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最后，有三个纸龙头掉进了水里，第一名是土耳其厨师的队。
zuìhòu yǒu sān gè zhǐ lóngtóu diào jìn le shuǐ lǐ dì-yī míng shì Tǔ'ěrqí chúshī de duì
In the end three of the paper dragon heads fell into the water, and first place went to the Turkish chef's team.
From the story Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5
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回报社的路上，柯雨桐把原来的标题删掉了，换成了《街角的老杜，忙着呢》。
huí bàoshè de lù shàng Kē Yǔtóng bǎ yuánlái de biāotí shān diào le huàn chéng le jiējiǎo de lǎo Dù máng zhe ne
On the way back to the office, Ke Yutong deleted her original headline and replaced it with "Old Du on the Corner Is Busy".
From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6
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账本是清朝光绪年间的，纸已经发黄变脆，一碰就掉渣，上面记的都是普通的米店收支。
zhàngběn shì Qīngcháo Guāngxù niánjiān de zhǐ yǐjīng fāhuáng biàn cuì yí pèng jiù diào zhā shàngmiàn jì de dōu shì pǔtōng de mǐ diàn shōuzhī
The ledger dated from the Guangxu reign of the Qing dynasty. Its paper was yellow and brittle, crumbling at a touch, and it recorded only the ordinary income and spending of a rice shop.
From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 掉
- Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5
- Old Du on the corner HSK 6
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).