Kanji Detail of 漏
漏
| Level: | N1 Mid |
| Strokes: | 14 |
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The kanji 漏 primarily conveys the idea of "leaking," "to leak," "leakage," or "to escape." It represents a situation where something passes through a boundary or containment unintentionally or uncontrollably. This can apply to liquids, gases, or even abstract concepts like information.
・On-yomi (音読み): ・ロウ (rō) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・も(れる) (mo(reru)): to leak ・も(らす) (mo(rasu)): to let leak
⚫︎雨漏り (amemori) Translation: Leaking roof/water leakage from rain. ⚫︎情報漏えい (jōhō rōei) Translation: Information leak. ⚫︎漏電 (rōden) Translation: Electrical leakage/short circuit.
The kanji 漏 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいもじ). The left side is a water radical 氵 (さんずい, "water"). The right side is 屎 (し) which means "excrement". It combines the idea of water and something passing through or escaping. The initial meaning related to something escaping through a gap or hole.