落 (luò): meaning and stroke order

落 (luò) means to fall or drop, (of the sun) to set, (of a tide) to go out, to lower, to decline or sink.

落

Simplified: 落
Traditional: 落 (same form)
Pinyin: luò · là · lào

Stroke order of 落

落

là to leave out; to be missing
lào colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
luò to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set
12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 落

luò
- to fall or drop
- (of the sun) to set
- (of a tide) to go out
- to lower
- to decline or sink
- to lag or fall behind
- to fall onto
- to rest with
- to get or receive
- to write down
- whereabouts
- settlement
là
- to leave out
- to be missing
- to leave behind or forget to bring
- to lag or fall behind
lào
- colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

Radical and structure

落: Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 12 strokes · 艹 on top, 洛 below

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 落

失落 shī luò to lose (sth); to drop (sth)
数落 shǔ luo to enumerate sb's shortcomings; to criticize
角落 jiǎo luò corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
部落 bù luò tribe
落叶 luò yè dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants)
落榜 luò bǎng to fail the imperial exams; to flunk
空落落 kōng luò luò empty; desolate
段落 duàn luò phase; time interval

落 in our stories

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可是天空始终没有完全恢复原样：直到今天，太阳和月亮还是向西落下，中国的大河也大多向东流入大海。

kěshì tiānkōng shǐzhōng méiyǒu wánquán huīfù yuányàng zhídào jīntiān tàiyáng hé yuèliang háishi xiàng xī luò xià Zhōngguó de dà hé yě dàduō xiàng dōng liú rù dàhǎi

But the sky never fully returned to its old shape: to this day the sun and moon set in the west, and most of China's great rivers flow east into the sea.

From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
夸父看着族人一个个倒下，心中悲愤交加。他想：太阳每天从东方升起，在西方落下，如果能追上它，让它听人的话，该有多好！

Kuāfù kànzhe zúrén yígègè dǎo xià xīnzhōng bēifènjiāojiā tā xiǎng tàiyáng měitiān cóng dōngfāng shēngqǐ zài xīfāng luò xià rúguǒ néng zhuī shàng tā ràng tā tīng rén de huà gāi yǒu duō hǎo

Watching his people collapse one after another, Kuafu was filled with grief and anger. He thought: the sun rises in the east every day and sets in the west; if he could catch it and make it obey people, how wonderful that would be!

From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
她慢慢落到了气球后面，脑子里只有一个念头：放弃吧，反正也没有人在乎。

tā mànmàn luò dào le qìqiú hòumiàn nǎozi lǐ zhǐ yǒu yí gè niàntou fàngqì ba fǎnzhèng yě méiyǒu rén zàihu

She slowly fell behind the balloon, with only one thought in her head: give up, nobody cares anyway.

From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 落

Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
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).