EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

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

    漏えいはすぐに食いとめる必要がある。
    The leak needs to be stopped immediately.
  2. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas); coming through (of light)

Also written 漏えい【ろうえい】漏泄【ろうえい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

leak, escape, time

Kun
も.るも.れるも.らす
On
ロウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1298 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3a11.19The Kanji Dictionary
3712.7Four corner code
353deroo
6f0fUnicode hex code
1-47-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2682Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3307New Nelson (John Haig)
701New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
860Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
495Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
635Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1068Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1149Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1809A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1599Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18120Morohashi
1940A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1806Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1945Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1495Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1716Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1502Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1247Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1077Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lou4Pinyin reading
ruKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

leak, escape

Kun
も.らすの.びるも.れる
On
エイセツ
Strokes
9
Radical
water

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3a6.3The Kanji Dictionary
3510.6Four corner code
6d29Unicode hex code
1-17-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2540Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3118New Nelson (John Haig)
2849Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2864Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
17401Morohashi
xie4Pinyin reading
seol, yeKorean reading