掉 (diào)

to fall; to drop; to lose; to turn

How 掉 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
扌 — hand
Traditional
掉
Simplified
掉 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 掉

丟掉 diūdiào
to lose; to throw away; to discard
刪掉 shāndiào
to delete
剪掉 jiǎndiào
to cut off; to cut away; to trim
去掉 qùdiào
to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate
吃掉 chīdiào
to eat up; to consume
喝掉 hēdiào
to drink up; to finish (a drink)
壞掉 huàidiào
spoilt; ruined
失掉 shīdiào
to lose; to miss
幹掉 gàndiào
to get rid of
忘掉 wàngdiào
to forget
扔掉 rēngdiào
to throw away; to throw out
拔掉 bádiào
to pluck; to pull off; to pull out

掉 in a sentence

我的錢包不小心掉在公車上了。

Wǒ de qiánbāo bù xiǎoxīn diào zài gōngchē shàng le.

“I accidentally dropped my wallet on the bus.”

How common is 掉?

掉 is the 847th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.4% of all running text.

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