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落とす

おとす

to drop

Mnemonic

The same grass and water on their way down as 落ちる, except that this time a hand let go of it. Phone, step, pavement: oh お, toss とす: おとす.

Worth knowing

落ちる おちる is it falling. 落とす is you dropping it, and it also covers losing something.

Built from

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

Words sharing these kanji

to fall to calm down, to settle in

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