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Kotomora

曨

vague, dim, twilight

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ロウ
  • ル

Kun'yomi

  • おぼろ

Meaning

曨 centers on dim, unclear light: the vague, hazy quality of twilight when shapes lose their sharpness.

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Etymology

曨 combines 日 (sun) with 龍, likely as a phonetic component, to express dim or hazy light. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The sun 日 is wrapped in the misty coils of a dragon 龍, making the light vague and dim like twilight.

Reading mnemonic

For ロウ, picture a low, dim sun barely visible through dragon-shaped mist: low -> ロウ, and the light is vague.