Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1466 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: crash, fall (down)

Kunyomi: お.ちる お.つ

Onyomi: ツイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ツイラク fall, crash (e.g. aircraft)

ツイシ falling to one's death

人気失 ニンキシッツイ decline in public favor, fall in popularity

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

落つ おつ 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 omitted, to be missing, to crash, to degenerate, to degrade, to fall behind, 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, to be defeated, to surrender