luòlào

fall

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of . Alludes to leaves falling from trees.

洛 sound component

  Sound component

luò

  

river in Shanxi province

Evolution

落 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
落 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
落 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
落 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

luò

fall, drop; net income, surplus; to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement

 

to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind

 

lào

colloquial reading for [luò] in certain compounds

Most common words with 落
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to lower

部落

tribe

落实

practical

落后

to fall behind

角落

nook