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Kotomora

漏

leak, escape, time

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes14

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

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  • 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

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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.