漉
manufacture paper, spread out thin, strain, percolate
Readings
On'yomi
- ロク
Kun'yomi
- こ.し
- こ.す
- す.く
Meaning
漉 centers on separating solids from liquids by passing through a porous medium: straining, percolating, or spreading a thin layer to form paper.
Most common words using 漉
- 漉すこすN1
to filter; to strain
- 手漉きてすき
hand paper-making; handmade paper
- 漉くすく
to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it
- 水漉しみずこし
water filter; strainer; colander
- 漉きすき
papermaking
- 漉き返すすきかえす
to remake (paper)
- 漉し紙こしがみ
filter paper
- 漉し袋こしぶくろ
sack used to filter liquids (e.g. drinking water, etc.)
- 漉油こしあぶら
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
- 漉油の木こしあぶらのき
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
- 特漉きとくすき
goods made with special paper or paper ingredients
- 粗漉しあらごし
coarsely strained
Study
Etymology
漉 combines 氵 (water) with 鹿, which likely contributes the sound ロク. The character expresses the action of straining or filtering through water.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 flows through a deer-shaped filter 鹿, straining out impurities and spreading a thin layer of pulp to make paper.
Reading mnemonic
For ロク, imagine a lock on a strainer: lock -> ロク, and only filtered water gets through.