Kanji Detail for 陋 - "narrow, lowly"

陋

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
陋 means "narrow, lowly."
1. Narrow - Small in area; narrow-minded.
2. Lowly - Vulgar; crude; shabby.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

narrowness; meanness; humbleness

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

narrow; crude, coarse; ugly

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

low; humble; plain; ugly; mean; vulgar

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

coarse, crude; narrow; ugly

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

Narrow and small. As in 陋巷 (humble alley), 陋室 (humble dwelling). Anything with a base and narrow appearance, inferior and unworthy of attention is called 陋. As in 鄙陋 (vulgar and humble), 僻陋 (remote and humble), 淺陋 (shallow and humble), 卑陋 (lowly and humble) and the like. | Ugly. Referring to a person's appearance. | Not complete. As in 因陋就簡 (making do with meager resources).
Onyomi

roh(ろう)
Kunyomi

iya.shii(いやしい)

sema.i(せまい)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

阜阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)
Related Keywords
narrow small area minded lowly vulgar crude shabby