Japanese symbol for “dropped”

落った

おった

Romaji: otta

fell; dropped

In Japanese, dropped is 落った, read おった (otta).

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Meanings

exp fell; dropped

Kanji and stroke order

落

fall, drop, come down

on: ラク
kun: お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす

12 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
落ちる	おちる ochiru	to fall; to drop; to come down
落ち	おち ochi	slip; omission
墜落	ついらく tsuiraku	fall; crash (of an aircraft)
落とす	おとす otosu	to drop; to lose; to let fall
落語	らくご rakugo	rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
落下	らっか rakka	fall; drop; descent

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.