EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election

    彼は私たちの予想に反して落選した。
    He failed to get elected contrary to our expectation.
  2. not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet

Kun
お.ちるお.ちお.とす
On
ラク
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
420 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

おち

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-9SKIP code
3k9.13The Kanji Dictionary
4416.4Four corner code
1977deroo
843dUnicode hex code
1-45-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4003Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5130New Nelson (John Haig)
2318New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1494Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2019Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
299Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
320Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
393A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1733Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
557Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31362PMorohashi
408A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
839Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
858Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
330sakade
869Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
431henshall3
414Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
327crowley
280Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
664Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
305Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
luo4, la4, lao4Pinyin reading
ragKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elect, select, choose, prefer

Kun
えら.ぶえ.るよ.る
On
セン
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
57 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-12, 3-2-12SKIP code
2q12.3The Kanji Dictionary
3730.8Four corner code
3561deroo
9078Unicode hex code
1-33-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4744Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6114New Nelson (John Haig)
3169New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3931Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1804Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
105A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2419Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
522Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39127PMorohashi
527A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
800Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
449sakade
967Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
556henshall3
626Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341crowley
264Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1822Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xuan3Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level