Jisho

×

14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
leak, escape, time
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1298 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漏洩 【ロウエイ】 leak (of secrets, information, etc.), disclosure, divulging, leak (of gas, liquid, etc.), leakage, escape (of gas), coming through (of light)
  • 漏出 【ロウシュツ】 leaking out, leakage, leak
  • 遺漏 【イロウ】 omission
  • 早漏 【ソウロウ】 premature ejaculation

Kun reading compounds

  • 漏る 【もる】 to leak, to run out
  • 漏れる 【もれる】 to leak out, to escape, to come through, to shine through, to filter out, to find expression, to give vent, to leak out, to be divulged, to be disclosed, to be omitted, to be left out, to be excluded, to be not included
  • 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, to disclose, to let slip, to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction), to vent, to express, to reveal (e.g. one's true intentions), to let out (a sigh, etc.), to wet one's pants, to omit, to leave out, to fail to do, to miss, to omit (by mistake), to forget to do

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lou4
Korean:
ru

Spanish

  • fuga
  • escape
  • gotera
  • gotear
  • escaparse
  • filtrarse
  • rezumar

Portuguese

  • vazamento
  • escapar
  • tempo

French

  • fuite (eau, toit)
  • s'échapper (gaz)
  • temps
1940 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1809 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2682 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1599 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1495 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1806 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1945 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1502 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1247 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
860 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
495 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
635 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1077 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18120 Morohashi
701 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3307 New Nelson (John Haig)
1068 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1149 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1716 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
353 2001 Kanji
3a11.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3712.7 Four corner code
1-47-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f0f Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
Variants:
hear, ask, listen
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
  • 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
  • スポーツ新聞 【スポーツシンブン】 sports newspaper
  • 壁新聞 【カベシンブン】 wall newspaper, wall poster
  • 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
  • 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
  • 奏聞 【ソウモン】 reporting to the Emperor
  • 声聞 【ショウモン】 sravaka (disciple of Buddha), adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 聞く 【きく】 to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to hear about, to hear of, to learn of, to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with, to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to, to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance), to taste (alcohol), to try
  • 聞くだけ野暮 【きくだけやぼ】 asking would be rude, tasteless question
  • 聞こえる 【きこえる】 to be heard, to be audible, to reach one's ears, to sound (like), to come across (as), to be well known, to be famous, to accept (someone's words), to agree, to understand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • preguntar
  • escuchar
  • rumor
  • reputación
  • oír

Portuguese

  • escutar
  • perguntar
  • escuta

French

  • entendre
  • écouter
  • demander
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
219 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
200 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
262 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4959 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
109 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
80 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2244 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
64 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
64 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
179 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1584 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4127 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2097 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1640 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29104 Morohashi
3326 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4732 New Nelson (John Haig)
1626 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1754 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
184 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
234 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3854 2001 Kanji
8e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-6 SKIP code
7712.1 Four corner code
7740.1 Four corner code
1-42-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
805e Unicode hex code