• 落おちる — to fall, to drop
• 落おとす — to drop, to lose
• 落下らっか — fall, dropping
• 落語らくご — traditional comic storytelling
• 落第らくだい — failing (an exam)

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The top radical 艹 (くさかんむり) hints at leaves or plants. The phonetic part 洛 (らく) gives the reading. Together, the character symbolizes leaves or things falling. Over time, it also came to mean “decline” or “fail.”

葉はが落おちました。
The leaf fell.

テストに落おちました。
I failed the test.