羅
gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
Readings
On'yomi
- ラ
Kun'yomi
- うすもの
Meaning
羅 centers on a fine, open mesh or net, like gauze or thin silk. From this, it extends to spreading or arranging things in a net-like pattern, and is also used phonetically for Rome.
Most common words using 羅
20 of 132- 羅ら
Latin (language)
- 遍羅べら
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
- 羅宇ラウ
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
- 綺羅きら
fine clothes
- 修羅しゅら
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
- 網羅もうらN1
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
- 暹羅シャム
Siam (former name of Thailand)
- 修羅場しゅらば
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
- 阿修羅あしゅら
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
- 甲羅こうら
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron
- 羅針盤らしんばん
compass
- 沙羅しゃら
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul
- 羅列られつ
enumeration; citation; listing
- 我武者羅がむしゃら
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
- 魔羅まら
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment
- 森羅万象しんらばんしょう
all things in nature; the whole creation
- 曼荼羅まんだら
mandala
- 婆娑羅ばさら
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; eccentricity
- 羅生門らしょうもん
Rashōmon (gate in old Kyoto)
- 羅刹らせつ
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
Study
Etymology
羅 combines 罒 (net) with 維 (likely phonetic, suggesting a fine thread or binding). Together they express a net or gauze-like fabric.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 罒 is a net, and the bottom 維 suggests fine threads. Picture a delicate silk net spread out to catch the morning dew.
Reading mnemonic
For ラ, imagine a large gauze curtain spread out like a la-la-la chorus line: la -> ラ, and the fabric flows like music.