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羅

gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • ラ

Kun'yomi

  • うすもの

Meaning

羅 centers on a fine, open mesh or net, like gauze or thin silk. From this, it extends to spreading or arranging things in a net-like pattern, and is also used phonetically for Rome.

Most common words using 羅

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  • 羅ら

    Latin (language)

  • 遍羅べら

    wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)

  • 羅宇ラウ

    bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)

  • 綺羅きら

    fine clothes

  • 修羅しゅら

    Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology

  • 網羅もうら
    N1

    encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending

  • 暹羅シャム

    Siam (former name of Thailand)

  • 修羅場しゅらば

    fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)

  • 阿修羅あしゅら

    Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology

  • 甲羅こうら

    shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron

  • 羅針盤らしんばん

    compass

  • 沙羅しゃら

    sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul

  • 羅列られつ

    enumeration; citation; listing

  • 我武者羅がむしゃら

    reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

  • 魔羅まら

    Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment

  • 森羅万象しんらばんしょう

    all things in nature; the whole creation

  • 曼荼羅まんだら

    mandala

  • 婆娑羅ばさら

    acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; eccentricity

  • 羅生門らしょうもん

    Rashōmon (gate in old Kyoto)

  • 羅刹らせつ

    rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism

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Etymology

羅 combines 罒 (net) with 維 (likely phonetic, suggesting a fine thread or binding). Together they express a net or gauze-like fabric.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 罒 is a net, and the bottom 維 suggests fine threads. Picture a delicate silk net spread out to catch the morning dew.

Reading mnemonic

For ラ, imagine a large gauze curtain spread out like a la-la-la chorus line: la -> ラ, and the fabric flows like music.