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掉 [diào] drop/lower/fall; (aux.) away/up/out/off (​丢掉 ‘lose; throw away’, ​除掉 ‘eliminate’, ​改掉 ‘quit’) [nuò] ​持, ​举 [nuó] ?

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹diào* ​掉 {A} v. ①drop; fall; come off ②lose; be missing ‖ Wǒ de kèběn ∼le yị̄ yè. 我的课本∼了一页。 One page has fallen out of my textbook. ③fall behind ④change ⑤turn ◆cmp. away; down; out; etc. ‖ diū∼ 丢∼ i. lose; ii. cast away ‖ wàng∼ 忘∼ forget ‖ wā∼ 挖∼ dig up

The Shuōwén Seal form of 掉 diào ‘shake (wave/wag/etc.)’ combines ​扌(​手 shǒu) ‘hand’, and ​卓(​𠤞) zhuō/zhuó ‘brilliant’ (phonosemantic); the old meaning is explained with the expression ​尾​大​不掉 (lit.) ‘a tail too big to wag’, (fig.) ‘big and inefficient’.
    Note: As an auxiliary verb (aux.) or complement: ​勾掉 ‘cross out’, ​戒掉 ‘give up’, ​落掉 ‘leave out’, ​扔掉 ‘throw away’.
    Compare: ​卓(​𠤞​𢂦) zhuō/zhuó ‘brilliant’ (​焯); ​桌 zhuō ‘table’; ​罩(​𦋚) zhào ‘bamboo fishing trap/net’; ​悼 dào ‘fear; grieve’.
    HDZ: 掉 : diào : ​摆​动, ​摇​动; ​振, ​振​动; ​摆​弄, ​卖​弄; ​扶​正, ​整​理; ​交​替, ​调​换; ​转; ​落 (​往​下​落 (掉​眼​泪, 掉​雨​点​儿); ​落​在​后​面 (​永​不掉​队)); ​减​少, ​降​低 (掉​膘, 掉​价); ​失​落; (​助​词) (​丢掉, ​改掉, ​打掉); ​踔: ​悬​掷, ​腾​跃 • nuò : ​持, ​举
►references: Guǎngyùn:296.53,413.04,467.12; Wieger:143f; Karlgren:AD1234,GSR1126m; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1896.1; Mathews:6278; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:436.20; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:179.1.07; EDOC:1
►components: ​扌​卓​
►Cantonese: diuh-
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