落 Kanji – fall
The Japanese kanji 落 can mean fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet.
Meaning and Readings
How is 落 read?
落 has the onyomi reading ラク and the kunyomi readings おちる, おち, おとす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as raku, ochiru, ochi, otosu.
Common Japanese Words Using 落
These common Japanese words contain 落. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- お洒落(おしゃれ) — stylish, fashionable, trendy, chic, smartly dressed, careful about one's appearance
- 一段落(いちだんらく) — reaching a stopping place, settling down (before the next stage), getting to a point where one can rest, completing the first stage (of the work)
- 下落(げらく) — depreciation, decline, fall, slump
- 陥落(かんらく) — subsidence, sinking, cave-in, collapse, falling in
- 急落(きゅうらく) — sudden fall, sharp fall, sudden drop, sharp drop
- 見落とす(みおとす) — to overlook, to fail to notice, to miss (seeing)
- 集落(しゅうらく) — settlement, village, community, town
- 堕落(だらく) — depravity, corruption, degradation