褸
rags
Readings
On'yomi
- ロ
- ル
- ロウ
Kun'yomi
- いと
Meaning
褸 centers on worn-out, tattered clothing: rags. The meaning is concrete and narrow, referring to fabric that is old and torn.
Most common words using 褸
- 襤褸ぼろN2
rag; old cloth
- 段戸襤褸菊だんどぼろぎく
fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia); burnweed; pilewort
- 紅花襤褸菊べにばなぼろぎく
red-flower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides); redflower ragleaf
- 襤褸らんる
tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rag
- 襤褸団扇船喰虫ぼろうちわふなくいむし
Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
- 野襤褸菊のぼろぎく
common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Study
Etymology
褸 combines the clothing radical 衤 with 婁, which likely contributes the sound. The character is associated with rags or tattered garments, but the exact historical development of the 婁 component is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 衤 is clothing, and the right side 婁 looks like a tangled, worn-out shape. Imagine a piece of clothing so old it has become a rag, with threads hanging loose like the strokes of 婁.
Reading mnemonic
For ロ, picture a low-quality rag that is so worn it barely holds together: low -> ロ, and the rag is falling apart.