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Kotomora

漉

manufacture paper, spread out thin, strain, percolate

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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

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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.