# 漏

| 漏 | U+6F0F, &#28431; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F0F |
| ← 漎 [U+6F0E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 漐 → [U+6F10] |
| 漏 | U+F94E, &#63822; 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 3712$_7$, composition ⿰氵屚)
* leak, drip
* funnel
* hourglass

#### 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 漏
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (lou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lau$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): leu$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): leu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): leu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lêu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lou$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): lē
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lāu / liō / lō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lao$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$leu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou$^5$ / lou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lòu
*** Wade–Giles: lou$^4$
*** Yale: lòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: low
*** Palladius: лоу (lou)
*** Sinological IPA : /loʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^6$
*** Yale: lauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: leu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /leu³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: leu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɛu¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: leu
*** Hakka Romanization System: leu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: leu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /leu̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /leu⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ləu⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lē
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* lāu - vernacular;
* liō/lō͘ - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit漏 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /lou⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /lou⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /lou⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /lou²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /lou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /lou³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /lou⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /lɯ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ləu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /lou¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /lɤu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /nəu³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /nəu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ləu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ləu²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ləɯ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /lɯ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ləu⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ləu³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ləu⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /lɤ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /lɤ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /lei¹³/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /lɐu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /lɐu²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /lau²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /lɑu²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /le⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /lau³¹/ |
| Min | 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 | lau$^6$ |
* 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):
* 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 (kin$^2$) (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 (duk$^1$ baau$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 篤穿 / 笃穿 (duk$^1$ cyun$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 說破 / 说破 (shuōpò)
* 說穿 / 说穿 (shuōchuān)
* 講破 / 讲破 (Hokkien)
* 講穿 / 讲穿 (gan$^3$ qyenn$^1$) (Xiang, Cantonese)
* 走 (zǒu)
* 走漏 (zǒulòu)
* 踢爆 (tek$^3$ baau$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 透露 (tòulù)
* 道破 (dàopò)
* 點破 / 点破 (diǎnpò)
* 點聊 / 点聊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* (to leave out):
* 來塌 / 来塌 (lai$^2$ ta$^6$) (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):
* 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
* 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)‎, 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

(Jōyō kanji)
* to leak
* to escape
* oversight
* water clock, clepsydra

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)、ろ (ro)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)
* 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: [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.

## Tày
### Han character

漏 (transliteration needed)
* Nôm form of rủa.

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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