落 means “fall, drop”

おちる · ochiru

Also: come down, village

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おちる, おち, おとす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ラク

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The story

Leaves from the plants (艹) dropping, each (各) in turn, onto the water (氵): picture autumn coming down. 落 is every fall, from 落とし物 at a station's lost-and-found to 落語, comic storytelling named for its punchline, the 落ち.

Used in 落ちる (ochiru, to fall), 落とし物 (otoshimono, lost item), and 落語 (rakugo, comic storytelling)

More from Coming & Going

• 退 retreat
• 路 road
• 込 crowded
• 途 way
• 留 stay
• 散 scatter
• 浮 float
• 戻 go back
• 越 cross over
• 到 arrive
• 連 take along
• 向 face

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.