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The character 落 is a phono-semantic compound. Its top component 艹, representing grass or plants, establishes the semantic category. The lower section, 洌, provides the pronunciation and consists of the water radical on the left with the character for "each" on the right. Originally, it described the specific autumnal action of leaves, flowers, or fruit detaching from plants and falling to the ground. This concrete meaning later generalized to encompass any downward movement, falling objects, declining states, or a place of settlement.
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太阳落山了。
树叶从树上落下来。
他的眼泪落下了。
飞机安全降落了。
他考试落后了。
新大楼终于落成了。
请各位嘉宾落座。
他在画上落了款。