Memory phrase for the character: 落


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Meaning to fall, to drop (behind), decline

Pronunciation

là, lào, luò, luō

Explanation

Top: plant , bottom: 洛 (water and each [= Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody])

Mnemonic


 
Plants (their leaves) and water-(drops), they all fall down.

Radicals

grass, plant
Water
each, everybodyWatch for the very similar meaning of the radical every .
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 Vocabulary

落后 luò hòu  to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
磊落大方 lěi luò dà fāng  to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò  open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
奚落 xī luò  to taunt; to ridicule; to jeer at; to treat coldly; to abandon
陨落 yǔn luò  to fall down; to decay; to fall from the sky; to die
寥落 liáo luò  sparse; few and far between
落炕 lào kàng  to be laid up in bed with illness
堕落 duò luò  to morally degenerate; to become depraved; a fall from grace; a fall into sin or depravity
落寞 luò mò  lonely; desolate
坠落 zhuì luò  to fall; to drop
降落伞 jiàng luò sǎn  parachute
降落伞 jiàng luò sǎn  

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