落

lào
#496 most
frequent character
colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

落 pairs 艹 'vegetation' with 洛 luò, which gives the sound. It first meant 'leaves falling from a tree.' From there it grew to 'to fall' and 'to stop.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

落là
to leave out, to be missing
落luò
be missing, leave behind

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