diào

to fall

to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

hand (扌) + phonetic (卓) = drop or lose from the hand

The hand radical anchors the many senses of losing grip, dropping, or flicking something away. 卓 mainly contributes the sound diào; the hand does the semantic work.

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他不小心把手机进水里了。

tā bù xiǎo xīn bǎ shǒu jī diào jìn shuǐ lǐ le。

He accidentally dropped his phone into the water.

最近油价了很多,大家都高兴。

zuì jìn yóu jià diào le hěn duō,dà jiā dōu gāo xìng。

Oil prices have dropped a lot recently, and everyone is happy.

Words with 掉

锯掉

jù diào

to saw off (a branch etc); to amputate (a limb)

锁掉

suǒ diào

lock up

关掉

guān diào

to switch off; to shut off

除掉

chú diào

to eliminate

丢掉

diū diào

to lose

乱掉

luàn diào

messed up; in disarray; chaotic

信贷违约掉期

xìn dài wéi yuē diào qī

credit default swap (finance)

做掉

zuò diào

to kill

免掉

miǎn diào

to eliminate

分掉

fēn diào

to share

删掉

shān diào

to delete

刮掉

guā diào

to scrape off

More characters with 扌