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Kanji Detail for 漏 - "leak, omit, reveal"
漏
- Meaning
漏 means "leak, omit, reveal."
Leak - To allow liquid to escape through a hole.
Omit - To leave out; to miss.
Disclose - To reveal a secret.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
leak; escape; time
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
leak, drip; funnel; hour glass
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To seep and leak. | To divulge. When secret matters become known outside, it is called 泄漏 (to leak). | 刻漏 (water clock). An ancient timekeeping device. A bronze vessel holds water that slowly drips down. When the water is full, carved arrows float up, and the time is calculated by the number of marks. Used in ancient palaces, hence called 宮漏 (palace clock). | 屋漏. The northwest corner of a room. Refers to a secluded place with no one present. A gentleman's self-cultivation is careful even in solitude, hence "not ashamed in the dark corner." The phrase originates from (Book of Odes). | A disease name. Chronic discharge of pus without healing is called 漏管 (fistula).
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Sentences including 漏
At last she gave way to him and broke a secret.
How did the secret get out?
Tom happened to let out the secret to his friends.
I'll be in trouble if the story gets out.
The secret between tom and me came to light.
そのニュースはどうして漏れたのだろう。
How did the news get out?
The young boy is in danger of drowning.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
The secret seems to have leaked out.
He betrayed her secret to his friends.