露 U+9732, 露 ← 霱[U+9731] CJK Unified Ideographs 霳 →[U+9733] 露 U+F938, 露 ← 路[U+F937] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 魯 →[U+F939]

(Kangxi radical 173, 雨+12, 21 strokes, Cangjie input 一月口一口 (MBRMR), four-corner 10164, composition ⿱⻗路)

  • 虂, 𭍆, 𤅟, 𤫢, 𥸐
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1378, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42463
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1887, character 38
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4078, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9732
  • Unihan data for U+F938

trad. simp. #

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːɡs): semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡ·raːɡs).

Possibly a derivative of 落 (OC *ɡ·raːɡ) (Schuessler, 2007) with exopassivising suffix *-s, literally, “what has been dropped”.

  1. dew
  2. (Northern Min) fog; mist
  3. (literary, or in compounds) fruity beverage; syrup; nectar; juice
  4. (literary, or in compounds) cosmetic products made by distilling flowers, fruit or leaves
  5. a surname
  • (dew):
  • (fog):

Karlgren (1957) considers this to be the same word as etymology 1, yet Schuessler (2007) thinks this may be a separate etymon, comparing it to Jingpho [script needed] (kra31, “to appear, to show”).

  1. to be in the open; bare; open; exposed
  2. (colloquial) to show; to reveal; to expose
  • (to show): 顯出/显出 (xiǎnchū)

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. dew (つゆ)
  2. bare, uncovered (あらわ)
  3. Russia
  • Go-on: (ru)
  • Kan-on: (ro, Jōyō)
  • Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō †)
  • Kun: つゆ (tsuyu, , Jōyō)、あらわす (arawasu, 露す)←あらはす (arafasu, 露す, historical)、あらわれる (arawareru, 露れる)←あらはれる (arafareru, 露れる, historical)、あらわ (arawa, )←あらは (arafa, , historical)
  • Nanori: あきら (akira)
  • 披(ひ)露(ろう) (hirō)
  • 露(ロ)西(シ)亜(ア) (Roshia)

Kanji in this term 露 つゆGrade: S kun’yomi

(tsuyu): a droplet of dew on a leaf.

⟨tuyu⟩ → /t͡suju/

From Old Japanese.

  • (Tokyo) つゆ [tsúꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) つゆ [tsùyúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨjɯ̟]
  • Audio:(file)

露(つゆ) • (tsuyu)

  1. dew, dewdrop
    • [3]
  2. (by extension) a drop or drops of something
  3. transience
  4. (historical) the threads of the sleeve ends of 狩衣 (kariginu), 水干 (suikan), etc.
  5. tears
  6. a gratuity, tip
  7. (historical, colloquial) synonym of 豆板銀 (mameitagin) a lump of silver used as currency in the Edo period

露(つゆ) • (tsuyu)

  1. (chiefly in the negative) (not) one bit
  • 露(つゆ)程(ほど)も (tsuyuhodo mo)
  • 露(つゆ)知(し)らず (tsuyu shirazu)

Kanji in this term 露 あらわGrade: S kun’yomi Alternative spelling 顕

⟨arapa⟩ → /araɸa/ → /arawa/

From Old Japanese.

Cognate with prefix (ara-, “crude, raw”).

  • (Tokyo) あらわ [áꜜràwà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) あらわ [àráwá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠β̞a̠]
  • Audio:(file)

露(あらわ) • (arawa) ←あらは (arafa)?-na (adnominal 露(あらわ)な (arawa na), adverbial 露(あらわ)に (arawa ni))

  1. naked, bare 不(ふ)満(まん)をあらわにするfuman o arawa ni suruto expose/lay bare one’s discontent
  2. blatant, frank, open
  3. made public
  4. obvious
  • 表(あらわ)す (arawasu)
  • 現(あらわ)れる (arawareru)

Kanji in this term 露 ろGrade: S on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 露 (MC luH).

“Russia”

Short-form of ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)) spelling 露西亜.

  • (Tokyo) ろ [róꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞]
  • Audio:(file)

露(ろ) • (ro)

  1. dew, waterdrop
  2. transience
  3. appear, expose
  4. open; in the open

露(ろ) • (ro)

  1. short for ロシア (Roshia): Russia, Russian 米(べい)露(ろ)関(かん)係(けい)Bei-Ro kankeiUS-Russia relations
  • “△露”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026

From Middle Chinese 露 (MC luH). Recorded as Middle Korean 로〯 (lwǒ) (Yale: lwǒ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɾo̞] ~ [no̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [로/노]

(eumhun 이슬 로 (iseul ro), word-initial (South Korea) 이슬 노 (iseul no))

  1. hanja form? of 로/노 (“dew”)
  2. hanja form? of 로/노 (“open; to reveal; to appear”)
  3. hanja form? of 로/노 (“Alternative form referring to Russia (in compounds, in news media)”)
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

(Jōyō kanji)

  • On (unclassified): (ru)、るー (rū)
  • Kun: ちゆ (chiyu, )
  • 寒(かん)露(る) (kanru)
  • 白(はく)露(る) (hakuru), 白(ふぁく)露(る) (fakuru)
  • 披露(ふぃるー) (firū)

Kanji in this term 露 ちゆGrade: S kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese (tsuyu).

  • (Shuri-Naha) ちゆ [chìyú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiju]

露(ちゆ) (chiyu) ←つぃゆ (twiyu)?

  1. a dew, dewdrop
  • 夜(ゆ)露(ちゆ) (yuchiyu)

From Proto-Japonic *tuyu.

(tuyu) (kana つゆ)

  1. a dew, dewdrop
    • , text here
  • Japanese: 露 (tsuyu)

Cognate with prefix (ara-, “crude, raw”).

(arapa) (kana あらは)

  1. naked, bare
  • 表す (arapasu)
  • 現る (araparu)
  • 現ろ (araparo1, Eastern Old Japanese form of araparu)
  • Japanese: 露, 顕 (arawa)

露: Hán Nôm readings: lộ

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