掉
to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #930 U+6389
How 掉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 卓 (phonetic, zhuó)
How to remember it
drop · Heisig RSH #607
fingers + 卓 eminent
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卓
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卓 (zhuó) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卓 sound component | zhuó | profound, lofty, brilliant |
| 罩 | zhào | cover, shroud; basket for catching fish |
| 悼 | dào | to grieve, to lament, to mourn |
| 绰 | chuò | graceful, delicate; spacious |
| 淖 | nào | mud, slush |
| 棹 | zhào | oar; boat |
| 焯 | chāo | to scald; to flash-boil vegetables |
| 踔 | chuō | to stride, to excel, to get ahead |
| 倬 | zhuō | noticeable, large; distinct, clear |
Words containing 掉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尾大不掉 | wěi dà bù diào | large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy; fig. rendered ineffective by subordinat… |
| 掉点儿 | diào diǎn r | drip of rain |
| 掉过儿 | diào guò r | erhua variant of 掉過|掉过[diao4 guo4] |
| 掉价儿 | diào jià r | erhua variant of 掉價|掉价[diao4 jia4] |
| 掉以轻心 | diào yǐ qīng xīn | (idiom) to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard |
| 掉头 | diào tóu | to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about |
| 花掉 | huā diào | to spend (time, money); to waste |
| 分掉 | fēn diào | to share; to divide up |
| 掉下 | diào xià | to drop down; to fall |
| 笑掉大牙 | xiào diào dà yá | to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping |
| 脱皮掉肉 | tuō pí diào ròu | lit. to shed skin, drop flesh; to work as hard as possible; to work one's butt off |
| 掉头就走 | diào tóu jiù zǒu | to turn on one's heels; to walk away abruptly |
| 打掉 | dǎ diào | to tear down; to destroy; to dismantle (a gang); to abort (a fetus) |
| 老掉牙 | lǎo diào yá | very old; obsolete; out of date |
| 掉线 | diào xiàn | to get disconnected (from the Internet) |
| 掉色 | diào sè | to lose color; to fade; also pr. [diao4 shai3] |
| 掉球 | diào qiú | (sports) to fumble the ball |
| 死掉 | sǐ diào | to die |
| 掉过 | diào guò | to swap places |
| 掉转 | diào zhuǎn | to turn around |