JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 漏: "leak, escape, time"
The kanji 漏 means "leak, escape, time". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ロウ in on'yomi and も.る, も.れる, も.らす in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
も.るも.れるも.らす
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | leak, escape, time |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1298 of 2,501 |
Common words with 漏
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 漏れるto leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through · to find expression; to give vent
- 漏らすto let leak; to let out (e.g. light) · to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to divulge; to disclose
- 漏れ出すto leak out
- 口から漏れるto pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
- 漏れ聞くto overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
- 木漏れ日sunlight filtering through trees
- 漏れleak; leakage · omission; oversight
- お漏らしwetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
- 漏洩leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging · leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas); coming through (of light)
- 例に漏れずno exception; without exception; always the same
- 雨漏りroof leak
- 情報漏洩information leak; data breach
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