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落ちる

おちる

to fall

Mnemonic

Your bag goes off the rack and lands somewhere under the seat. Oh, cheers おち: おちる.

Worth knowing

落とす おとす is you dropping it; 落ちる is it falling by itself. 秋 あき is the other fall, the season.

Built from

fall, drop
艹 grass and 氵 water up at the top, both on their way down.

Words sharing these kanji

to calm down, to settle in to drop

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