襤
rags
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Readings
On'yomi
- ラン
Kun'yomi
- ぼろ
Meaning
襤 centers on worn-out, tattered cloth: rags. The meaning is concrete and narrow, referring to fabric that is old and falling apart.
Most common words using 襤
- 襤褸ぼろN2
rag; old cloth
- 段戸襤褸菊だんどぼろぎく
fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia); burnweed; pilewort
- 紅花襤褸菊べにばなぼろぎく
red-flower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides); redflower ragleaf
- 襤褸らんる
tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rag
- 襤褸団扇船喰虫ぼろうちわふなくいむし
Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
- 野襤褸菊のぼろぎく
common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Study
Etymology
襤 combines 衤 (clothing) with 監, which likely contributes the sound ラン. The character expresses ragged clothing.
Meaning mnemonic
The clothing radical 衤 beside 監 suggests clothes that have been watched over for too long, becoming worn-out rags.
Reading mnemonic
For ラン, imagine a runner whose clothes have turned into rags after a long race: run -> ラン, and the tattered fabric hangs from the 衤 radical.