落
fall · drop · come down · village · hamlet
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
grass + 洛
Cultural Context
Etymology
Combines 'grass' (艹) with 'fall' (洛), depicting leaves and flowers falling to the ground. Also means descent, decline, and ending.
Symbolism
Symbolizes falling, ending, and quietude. Like autumn leaves, represents the boundary between endings and new beginnings.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Village life
Games
テトリス
Tetris(1984)
Developer: Alexey Pajitnov
Landmark puzzle game 'dropping' and clearing blocks.
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Four-Character Compounds
難攻不落
なんこうふらく
impregnable; impregnable
落花狼藉
らっかろうぜき
running amok; committing violence on; in utter disorder; running amok
豪放磊落
ごうほうらいらく
broadminded; broadminded
一件落着
いっけんらくちゃく
an issue being settled; a case being closed; an issue being settled
孤城落日
こじょうらくじつ
feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances; feeling (looking) lone and helpless
落花流水
らっかりゅうすい
mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned; mutual love
洒々落々
しゃしゃらくらく
free and easy; frank; openhearted; free and easy
磊々落々
らいらいらくらく
openhearted; unaffected; free and easy; openhearted
金輪奈落
こんりんならく
utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; utmost limits
失望落胆
しつぼうらくたん
being disappointed and disheartened; being disappointed and disheartened
秋風落莫
しゅうふうらくばく
forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate; forlorn and helpless
堕落腐敗
だらくふはい
debasement; corruption; degradation; debasement
沈魚落雁
ちんぎょらくがん
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame; charms of a uniquely beautiful woman
飛花落葉
ひからくよう
scattering of the blossoms and falling of the leaves; the impermanence of worldly things; scattering of the blossoms and falling of the leaves
腐敗堕落
ふはいだらく
debasement; corruption; degradation; debasement
落花啼鳥
らっかていちょう
the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping); the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)
一栄一落
いちえいいちらく
rise and fall; rise and fall
Proverbs & Idioms
落ちれば同じ
おちればおなじ
If you fall, it's all the same
Failure is failure regardless of the process
Poetry
つくばねの 峰より落つる みなの川 こひぞつもりて 淵となりぬる
Poem #13 from Hyakunin Isshu