Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2087 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: degenerate, descend to, lapse into

Kunyomi: お.ちる くず.す くず.れる

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ダラク depravity, corruption, degradation

ダタイ abortion, feticide

ラクダ marrying (of a monk), returning to secular life (of a monk)

Kunyomi Examples

落ちる おちる to fall down, to drop, to fall (e.g. rain), to sink (e.g. sun or moon), to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze), to be used in a certain place (e.g. money), to be omitted, to be missing, to decrease, to sink, to fail (e.g. exam or class), to lose (contest, election, etc.), to crash, to degenerate, to degrade, to fall behind, to become indecent (of a conversation), to be ruined, to go under, to fade, to come out (e.g. a stain), to come off (e.g. makeup), to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list), to fall (into someone's hands), to become someone's possession, to fall (into a trap), to fall (for a trick), to give in, to give up, to confess, to flee, to fall, to be defeated, to surrender, to come to (in the end), to end in, to fall (in love, asleep, etc.), to swoon (judo), to consent, to understand, to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash, to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.), to drop out, to leave, to go offline, to die, to move to the depths