漏
leak, escape, time
Readings
On'yomi
- ロウ
Kun'yomi
- も.る
- も.れる
- も.らす
Meaning
漏 centers on something slipping through where it should not: liquid leaking, information escaping, or time passing through unnoticed.
Most common words using 漏
20 of 93- 漏れもれ
leak; leakage
- 漏らすもらすN1
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light)
- 漏洩ろうえい
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging
- 早漏そうろう
premature ejaculation
- 漏れるもれるN2
to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out
- お漏らしおもらし
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
- 雨漏りあまもりN1
roof leak
- 漏斗じょうご
funnel
- 木漏れ日こもれび
sunlight filtering through trees
- 漏電ろうでん
short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
- 漏水ろうすい
water leakage; water leak
- 漏出ろうしゅつ
leaking out; leakage; leak
- 漏るもるN1
to leak; to run out
- ご多分に漏れずごたぶんにもれず
like many others; being no exception; just like everyone else; as is usual with; in common with
- だだ漏れだだもれ
big leakage; uncontained leak
- ガス漏れガスもれ
gas leak
- ガス漏れ警報器ガスもれけいほうき
gas leak sensor
- ブフナー漏斗ブフナーろうと
Buchner funnel
- 万遺漏無きを期すばんいろうなきをきす
to make absolutely sure that there are no omissions
- 上手の手から水が漏れるじょうずのてからみずがもれる
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer nods
Study
Etymology
漏 combines 氵 (water) with 屚, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of dripping or leaking. The right side 屚 contains 尸 (body) and 雨 (rain), suggesting water passing through a roof or body.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 on the left and a roof-like shape with rain 雨 on the right: picture rain leaking through a cracked roof, drop by drop. That leaking can also mean time or secrets escaping.
Reading mnemonic
For ロウ, imagine a low, leaky boat: low -> ロウ, and water keeps leaking in through the hull.