Meta:

  1. 落 is the 496th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (water), (go), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. la4 - to leave out/to be missing/to leave behind or forget to bring/to lag or fall behind
  2. lao4 - see 落[luo4]
  3. luo4 - 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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 落 (lao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失落 
 
角落 
部落 

Medium Frequency

低落 
冷落 
利落 
回落 
坐落 
坠落 (墜落)
堕落 (墮落)
大起大落 
掉落 
散落 
数落 (數落)
日落 
村落 
段落 
没落 (沒落)
沦落 (淪落)
滑落 
磊落 
空落落 
脱落 (脫落)
落下 
落伍 
落入 
落地 
落寞 
落实 (落實)
落差 
落幕 
落后 (落後)
落得 
落户 (落戶)
落日 
落枕 
落水 
落泪 (落淚)
落汤鸡 (落湯雞)
落空 
落脚 (落腳)
落叶 (落葉)
落魄 
着落 (著落)
跌落 
降落 
降落伞 (降落傘)
飘落 (飄落)

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Meta:

  1. 下 is the 42nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 255 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xia4 - down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two parts)/to decline/to go down/to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一下 
 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Medium Frequency

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下手 
下班 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
剩下 
地下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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