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Kanji Detail for 露 - "dew, to reveal"

露

  • Meaning

    露 means "dew, to reveal." Also associated with slight.

    1. Dew - Drops; water droplets.

    2. To reveal - To appear; to expose; to bring out.

    3. Slight - A little; slightly; not at all.

    4. Russia - Abbreviation for "Roshia" (Russia).

  • Words using 露

    • 披露 ひろう Listen announcement; presentation; demonstration
    • 露骨 ろこつ Listen open; unconcealed; undisguised
    • 露店 ろてん Listen street stall; stand; booth
    • 吐露 とろ Listen expressing one's mind; speaking out
    • 暴露 ばくろ Listen disclosure; exposure; revelation
    • 露見 ろけん Listen discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure
    • 披露宴 ひろうえん Listen reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration
    • 露天風呂 ろてんぶろ Listen open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

  • Four-character idioms with 露

    • 人生朝露 じんせいちょうろ Listen man's life vanishes like a dew; a person's life is as fleeting as a morning dew
    • 刻露清秀 こくろせいしゅう Listen clean and refreshing scenery of autumn
    • 襲名披露 しゅうめいひろう Listen announcing the succession to another's stage name
    • 電光朝露 でんこうちょうろ Listen fleeting; evanescent
    • 風餐露宿 ふうさんろしゅく Listen living in the harsh outdoors; roughing it in the wilderness; enduring a difficult journey

  • Tattoo check: 露

    • Verified meaning: dew, to reveal
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, つゆ, つゆさき, つゆざき)
    • Also carries these associations: slight

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 露

    Given names 露(あきら)Listen 露(つゆ)Listen

    Surnames 露(つゆさき)Listen 露(つゆざき)Listen 露(ろさき)Listen 露(ろざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dew; tears; expose; Russia

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dew; bare, open, exposed

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Water vapor near the ground that settles on grass, trees, and other objects that lose heat easily at night, condensing like pearls due to cooling. | To appear externally. As in 顯露 (reveal), 透露 (disclose). | Being in the open is called 露. As in 露宿 (sleeping outdoors) and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ro(ロ) ロ

    roh(ロウ) ロウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuyu(つゆ) つゆ

  • Strokes

    tip

    21 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    雨 (ame・amekammuri・amakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    dew to reveal slight droplet expose show appear condensation disclose divulge moisture mist bare uncover

Sentences including 露

  • Now you've given yourself away.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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