diào

fall, drop

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

卓 sound component

  Sound component

zhuōzhuó

  

profound

Evolution

掉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

diào

turn, move; shake, wag; drop down; 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)

Most common words with 掉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to fall

干掉

to get rid of

关掉

to switch off

丢掉

to lose

忘掉

to forget