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陋

陋 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 9 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （面積が）せまい。
  2. 見識がせまい。
  3. 心がせまい。
  4. みにくい。外見や品性が悪い。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「阜」+音符「㔷」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

narrowness, meanness, humbleness

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロウ
Kun (native)
  • いや(しい)
  • せま(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音lou4
  • 한글ru
  • Hán-ViệtLậu

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
阜(おか)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+964B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰阝𫠥

Words using this kanji

  • 陋ろう（面積が）せまい。 見識がせまい。 心がせまい。narrowness, meanness, humbleness, lowliness
  • 陋劣ろうれつ心が卑しく、劣っていること。mean, base, nasty
  • 陋巷ろうこう狭苦しくきたない町。narrow, dirty backstreet
  • 陋屋ろうおくcramped home, one's humble abode, hovel, pigsty
  • 陋習ろうしゅう悪い習わし。醜い風習。bad habit, evil custom, harmful practice
  • 陋見ろうけん陋い料簡。 自己の見解をへりくだっていう語。narrow-mindedness, one's humble opinion

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
7121.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d6.4
Nelson
4986