漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
漏: leak, escape
Also: time
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 尸 and 雨 are drawn in
14 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
ロウrou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 漏出ろうしゅつleaking out; leakage; leak
もるmoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 漏るもるto leak; to run out
- 雨漏りあまもりroof leak
もれるmoreru · kun'yomi
- 漏れるもれるto leak out; to escape; to come through
もらすmorasu · kun'yomi
- 漏らすもらすto let leak; to let out (e.g. light)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side漏 leak · 尸 + 雨
vs澪 water route · 零In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lòu
Same form: 漏 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 漏 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 漏 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lòu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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