漏

leak

Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingロウ

Kun readingも.る、も.れる、も.らす

Jōyō Grade 8

to leak
to run out

Radicals and components

Radical水water 氵variant 氺variant

Components

How it's built

漏

Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · flag (方) · rain (雨) · weather

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1149

Compound words

漏るもる

to leak; to run out

漏洩ろうえい

leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage

雨漏りあまもり

roof leak

漏らすもらす

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to divulge

漏れるもれる

to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out

premature ejaculation

leak (of secrets, information, etc.)

to give vent to (one's feeling)

網吞舟の魚を漏らすあみどんしゅうのうおをもらす

the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through

天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずてんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず

heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes

Additional Examples

彼は仕事が終わったとき、ため息を漏らした。

He let out a sigh when the job was finished.tatoeba

彼は一言も聞き漏らさないように注意深く聞いた。

He listened carefully so that he might not miss a single word.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 漏

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step