Hanja Analyzer
螻

螻 — ru

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
땅강아지 루
Romanization
ru
English
a mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis
Mandarin
lóu
Japanese on'yomi
ロウ, ル
Japanese kun'yomi
けら
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Radical
虫 (142, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
婁(루)
Unicode
U+87BB

Parts that make up 螻

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 婁 끌 루sound 본래 뜻이 분명하지 않다‘루’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 螻

  • 螻蛄けら mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
  • 螻羽けらば edge of a gabled roof; verge
  • 飛螻蛄とびけら caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)
  • 川螻蛄かわげら stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
  • 螻蛄才けらざい being a jack of all trades and master of none
  • 螻蛄芸けらげい being a jack of all trades and master of none

Characters sharing the phonetic 婁

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “루” in Korean.

Other hanja read “루”

Other hanja with radical 虫

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