落

luò
#496 most
frequent character
be missing, leave behind
verb

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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Example Sentences

我今天忘记带手机了，落在家里了。
wǒ jīntiān wàngjì dài shǒujī le ， luòzài jiālǐ le 。
I forgot to bring my phone today; I left it at home.
他把书落在了车上。
tā bǎ shū luòzài le chē shàng 。
He left the book in the car.
我不想落下任何重要的事情。
wǒ bùxiǎng làxià rènhé zhòngyào de shìqíng 。
I don’t want to miss any important matters.

Same Characters, Different Readings

落là
to leave out, to be missing
落lào
colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

Words with similar meanings

忘wàng
to forget
Indicates the action of failing to remember something, which is a more general term.
留下liúxià
to leave behind
Specifically emphasizes leaving something in a certain place, similar in context.

Homophones

络luò
net-like object
洛luò
used in transliteration

Words Starting With 落

落后luò hòu
to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
落实luò shí
practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
落成luò chéng
to complete a construction project

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