# 落 — Fall

Frequency rank 247 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 色 (Color), less common than 利 (Profit).

- On’yomi: らく
- Kun’yomi: お
- Radical: 艸 Grass (Kangxi 140)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The tsunami floods the vacant lot and the flowers the boy brought for his kiss let go one petal at a time until the whole bunch falls through the grass onto the ribs underneath.

In words:

- 落す おとす — to drop
- 落る おちる — to fall or drop
- 落ちる おちる — to fail (e.g. exam);to fall down;to drop

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