luò

to fall or drop

(of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement

plants (艹) + luò sound (洛) = to fall, drop, or settle

艹 grounds the meaning in plant life — leaves and petals are what classically fall. 洛 mainly contributes the sound luò; the image of dropping foliage does the rest.

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A river name (the Luo River)Phonetic
GrassSemantic

树上的叶子慢慢到地上。

shù shàng de yè zi màn màn luò dào dì shàng。

The leaves on the tree slowly fell to the ground.

太阳山后,天很快就黑了。

tài yáng luò shān hòu, tiān hěn kuài jiù hēi le。

After the sun set behind the mountain, it got dark very quickly.

Words with 落

落入

luò rù

to fall into

落日

luò rì

setting sun

遗落

yí luò

to leave behind (inadvertently)

避坑落井

bì kēng luò jǐng

to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)

部落

bù luò

tribe

部落客

bù luò kè

blogger (Tw)

部落格

bù luò gé

blog (loanword) (Tw)

错落

cuò luò

strewn at random

错落不齐

cuò luò bù qí

disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly

错落有致

cuò luò yǒu zhì

in picturesque disorder (idiom); irregular arrangement with charming effect

降落

jiàng luò

to descend

降落伞

jiàng luò sǎn

parachute

More characters with 艹