漏

漏	U+6F0F, 漏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F0F

← 漎
[U+6F0E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

漐 →
[U+6F10]

漏	U+F94E, 漏 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F94E

← 淚
[U+F94D]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

累 →
[U+F94F]

Translingual

Han character

漏 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水尸一月 (ESMB), four-corner 3712₇, composition ⿰氵屚)

Derived characters

𫊁, 𮄠, 𭼴

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 645, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18120
Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1731, character 11
Unihan data for U+6F0F

Unihan data for U+F94E

Chinese

trad.		漏
simp. ^#		漏
2nd round simp.		⿸尸⿻帀⿰丶丶
alternative forms		屚𢉀𣼣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 漏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (屚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
漏	*roːs
瘺	*roːs
屚	*roːs

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roːs): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 屚 (OC *roːs, “to leak”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lòu (lou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lau⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): leu⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): leu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): leu

(Meixian, Guangdong): lêu⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): lou³
Northern Min (KCR): lē
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lāu / liō / lō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶leu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou⁵ / lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lòu
  - Wade–Giles: lou⁴
  - Yale: lòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: low
  - Palladius: лоу (lou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lau⁶
  - Yale: lauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: leu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leu³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: leu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛu¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: leu
  - Hakka Romanization System: leu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: leu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /leu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /leu⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lou³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ləu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /le⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu
  - Tâi-lô: lāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liō
  - Tâi-lô: liō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lioi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lio⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³/

Note:

lāu - vernacular;
liō/lō͘ - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: lao⁷
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lāu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau¹¹/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶leu
  - MiniDict: leu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³leu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɤ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lou⁵ / lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ləu̯²¹/, /ləu̯⁴⁵/

Note:

lou5 - vernacular;
lou4 - literary.

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 漏
Mandarin	Beijing	/lou⁵¹/
	Harbin	/lou⁵³/
	Tianjin	/lou⁵³/
	Jinan	/lou²¹/
	Qingdao	/lou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/lou³¹²/
	Xi'an	/lou⁴⁴/
	Xining	/lɯ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ləu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/lou¹³/
	Ürümqi	/lɤu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nəu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/nəu¹³/
	Guiyang	/ləu²¹³/
	Kunming	/ləu²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ləɯ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/lɯ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ləu⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ləu³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ləu⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/lɤ²³/
	Suzhou	/lɤ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/lei¹³/
	Wenzhou	/lau²²/
Hui	Shexian	/liu²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/liu¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ləu⁵⁵/ /ləu¹¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/nəɯ²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/lɛu²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/leu⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/leu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/lɐu²²/
	Nanning	/lɐu²²/
	Hong Kong	/lɐu²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/lɑu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/le⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/lau³¹/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/lau²³/ ～雨 /lau³⁵/ 排水

Middle Chinese: luwH

Rime
Character	漏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧候切
Baxter	luwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ləu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ləu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləw^H/
Li Rong	/lu^H/
Wang Li	/ləu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[Nə-r]ˤok-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*roːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lòu
Middle Chinese	‹ luw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[Nə-r]ˁok-s/
English	leak (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	漏
Reading #	1/1
No.	8514
Phonetic component	屚
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陋
Old Chinese	/*roːs/

Definitions

漏

(of liquids and gases) to spill; to leak
(of information) to divulge; to leak; to let out
to leave out; to omit
funnel
clepsydra; water clock
(literary, or in compounds) moment
alternative form of 瘺 / 瘘 (lòu, “fistula”)

Synonyms

(to spill): 漏洩／漏泄 (lòuxiè), 洩漏／泄漏 (xièlòu)
(to divulge):

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宣洩 / 宣泄 (xuānxiè)
戳破 (chuōpò)
戳穿 (chuōchuān)
抖 (dǒu)
抖落 (dǒuluò)
拆破 (Xiamen Hokkien)
拓破 (Hokkien)
捅
揭
揭發 / 揭发 (jiēfā)
揭穿 (jiēchuān)
揭露 (jiēlù)
㨴 (kin²) (Cantonese)
撞破 (zhuàngpò)
泄露 (xièlù)
洩漏 / 泄漏 (xièlòu)
洩露 / 泄露 (xièlù)
流露 (liúlù)
浮泛 (fúfàn)
漏洩 / 漏泄 (lòuxiè)
破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
篤爆 / 笃爆 (duk¹ baau³) (Cantonese)
篤穿 / 笃穿 (duk¹ cyun¹) (Cantonese)
說破 / 说破 (shuōpò)
說穿 / 说穿 (shuōchuān)
講破 / 讲破 (Hokkien)
講穿 / 讲穿 (gan³ qyenn¹) (Xiang, Cantonese)
走 (zǒu)
走漏 (zǒulòu)
踢爆 (tek³ baau³) (Cantonese)
透露 (tòulù)
道破 (dàopò)
點破 / 点破 (diǎnpò)
點聊 / 点聊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

(to leave out):

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來塌 / 来塌 (lai² ta⁶) (Xiang)
漏掉 (lòudiào)
漏脫 / 漏脱 (lòutuō)
省略 (shěnglüè)
脫漏 / 脱漏 (tuōlòu)
脫落 / 脱落 (tuōluò)
落 (Hokkien, Teochew)
落勾 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
遺漏 / 遗漏 (yílòu)
遺落 / 遗落 (yíluò)

(clepsydra): 漏壺／漏壶 (lòuhú)
(moment):

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一剎 / 一刹 (yīchà)
一剎那 / 一刹那 (yīchànà)
一會兒 / 一会儿
一目𥍉仔 / 一目𱳅仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Hokkien)
一瞬間 / 一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
剎那 / 刹那
少刻 (shǎokè)
少時 / 少时
少頃 / 少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
時刻 / 时刻 (shíkè)
有頃 / 有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary)
片刻 (piànkè)
瞬息 (shùnxī)
瞬間 / 瞬间 (shùnjiān)
霎時 / 霎时 (shàshí)
頃刻 / 顷刻 (qǐngkè)
須 / 须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

Compounds

上漏下溼 / 上漏下湿
不愧屋漏
偷漏
出漏子
刻漏 (kèlòu)
功在漏刻
壺漏 / 壶漏
夜漏
夜漏將傳 / 夜漏将传
宮漏 / 宫漏
小紕漏 / 小纰漏
屁漏
屋漏
崩漏
待漏
抖漏
挂一漏百
挂一漏萬 (guàyīlòuwàn)
捅漏子
掛一漏萬 / 挂一漏万 (guàyīlòuwàn)
掛漏 / 挂漏
撿漏 / 捡漏 (jiǎnlòu)
敗漏 / 败漏
春光漏泄
更漏
更長漏永 / 更长漏永
有漏
檢漏 / 检漏
水漏
江心補漏 / 江心补漏
沙漏 (shālòu)
法律漏洞
河漏
泄漏 (xièlòu)
洩漏 / 泄漏 (xièlòu)
洩漏天機 / 泄漏天机
洩漏風聲 / 泄漏风声
漏了眼
漏光 (lòuguāng)
漏兜
漏列
漏刻
漏刻之間 / 漏刻之间
漏勺 (lòusháo)
漏壺 / 漏壶 (lòuhú)
漏夜 (lòuyè)
漏天
漏天兒 / 漏天儿
漏失
漏子 (lòuzi)
漏孔
漏巵
漏掉 (lòudiào)
漏斗 (lòudǒu)
漏斗器
漏斗管
漏春和尚
漏星堂
漏氣 / 漏气 (lòuqì)
漏水 (lòushuǐ)
滴水不漏 (dīshuǐbùlòu)
滴水漏斗
漏泄 (lòuxiè)
漏泄天機
漏洞 (lòudòng)
漏洩 / 漏泄 (lòuxiè)
漏洩春光 / 漏泄春光
漏洞百出 (lòudòngbǎichū)
漏滴
滲漏 / 渗漏 (shènlòu)
漏澤園 / 漏泽园
漏瘡 / 漏疮
漏瘡痘 / 漏疮痘
漏盆 (lòupén)
漏盡 / 漏尽
漏盡更闌 / 漏尽更阑
漏稅 / 漏税 (lòushuì)
漏窗
漏管
漏箭
漏粉
漏精
漏網 / 漏网 (lòuwǎng)
漏網之魚 / 漏网之鱼 (lòuwǎngzhīyú)
漏網游魚 / 漏网游鱼
漏網魚 / 漏网鱼
漏聲 / 漏声
漏胎
漏脫 / 漏脱 (lòutuō)
漏脯充饑 / 漏脯充饥
漏落
漏虀搭菜
漏蹄
漏逗
漏雨
漏電 / 漏电 (lòudiàn)
漏露
漏面賊 / 漏面贼
漏風 / 漏风 (lòufēng)
漏風掌 / 漏风掌
漏風聲 / 漏风声
漏鼓
無漏 / 无漏
玉漏
疏漏 (shūlòu)
疏而不漏
痔漏 (zhìlòu)
百無一漏 / 百无一漏
皮漏
盛水不漏
短漏
窮閻漏屋 / 穷阎漏屋
箭漏
紕漏 / 纰漏 (pīlòu)
網漏吞舟 / 网漏吞舟
缺漏 (quēlòu)
罅漏 (xiàlòu)
肛漏 (gānglòu)
脫漏 / 脱漏 (tuōlòu)
蓮花漏 / 莲花漏
藏頭漏影 / 藏头漏影
補苴罅漏 / 补苴罅漏 (bǔjūxiàlòu)
裨補闕漏 / 裨补阙漏 (bìbǔquēlòu)
賺漏 / 赚漏
走漏 (zǒulòu)
走漏天機 / 走漏天机
走漏消息
走漏風聲 / 走漏风声 (zǒulòufēngshēng)
軌漏 / 轨漏
轉漏 / 转漏
逃漏
逃漏稅 / 逃漏税
透漏
遺漏 / 遗漏 (yílòu)
釵腳漏痕 / 钗脚漏痕
銅壺滴漏 / 铜壶滴漏
錮漏 / 锢漏
錯漏 / 错漏 (cuòlòu)
鐘漏 / 钟漏
鐘鳴漏盡 / 钟鸣漏尽
長漏 / 长漏
鹽漏 / 盐漏
點水不漏 / 点水不漏

References

“漏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Southern Min

“漏”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

漏

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: る (ru)^{←る (ru, historical)}、ろ (ro)
Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←ろう (rou, historical)}
Kun: もらす (morasu, 漏らす, Jōyō)、もる (moru, 漏る, Jōyō)、もれる (moreru, 漏れる, Jōyō)

Compounds

漏(る)刻(こく) (rukoku)
漏(ろう)洩(えい), 漏(ろう)泄(えい) (rōei)
漏(ろう)救(きゅう) (rōkyū)
漏(ろう)鼓(こ) (rōko)
漏(ろう)告(こく) (rōkoku)
漏(ろう)刻(こく), 漏(ろう)剋(こく) (rōkoku)
漏(ろう)出(しゅつ) (rōshutsu)
漏(ろう)水(すい) (rōsui)
漏(ろう)精(せい) (rōsei)
漏(ろう)洩(せつ), 漏(ろう)泄(せつ) (rōsetsu)
漏(ろう)脱(だつ) (rōdatsu)
漏(ろう)電(でん) (rōden)
漏(ろう)斗(と) (rōto)
漏(ろう)話(わ) (rōwa)
遺(い)漏(ろう) (irō)
有(う)漏(ろ) (uro)
屋(おく)漏(ろう) (okurō)
宮(きゅう)漏(ろう) (kyūrō)
欠(けつ)漏(ろう), 闕(けつ)漏(ろう) (ketsurō)
語(ご)漏(ろう) (gorō)
刻(こく)漏(ろう) (kokurō)
砂(さ)漏(ろう) (sarō, “hourglass”)
脂(し)漏(ろう) (shirō)
耳(じ)漏(ろう) (jirō)
滲(しん)漏(ろう) (shinrō)
杜(ず)漏(ろう) (zurō)
疎(そ)漏(ろう), 粗(そ)漏(ろう) (sorō)
早(そう)漏(ろう) (sōrō)
脱(だつ)漏(ろう) (datsurō)
遅(ち)漏(ろう) (chirō)
茶(ちゃ)漏(ろう) (charō)
膿(のう)漏(ろう) (nōrō)
崩(ぼう)漏(ろう) (bōrō)
無(む)漏(ろ) (muro)
夜(や)漏(ろう) (yarō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
漏
ろ Grade: S
goon

Translation of Sanskrit आस्रव (āsrava), cognate of Pali āsava. Literally, “leaks”. Compare 有漏(うろ) (uro) and 無漏(むろ) (muro).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾo̞]

Noun

漏(ろ) • (ro)

(Buddhism) mental impurities (āsava) or earthly desires (klesha)
Synonym: 煩悩 (bonnō)

Derived terms

有漏(うろ) (uro)
無漏(むろ) (muro)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 漏 (MC luwH). Recorded as Middle Korean 루〯 (lwǔ) (Yale: lwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

漏 (eumhun 샐 루 (sael ru), word-initial (South Korea) 샐 누 (sael nu))

hanja form^? of 루/누 (“leak”)

Compounds

누각 (漏刻, nugak)
누락 (漏落, nurak)
누설 (漏泄/漏洩, nuseol)
누수 (漏水, nusu)
누출 (漏出, nuchul)
탈루 (脫漏, tallu)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Tày

Han character

漏 (transliteration needed)

Nôm form of rủa.

References

Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Vietnamese

Han character

漏: Hán Nôm readings: lậu, lâu, làu, lạu

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