露

expose; dew; tears; Russia

21 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 928.

Readings

• ロ (on reading): 露出 (ろしゅつ) exposure; 日露戦争 (にちろせんそう) Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
• ロウ (on reading): 披露 (ひろう) announcement; 披露宴 (ひろうえん) reception (e.g. wedding)
• つゆ (kun reading): 白露 (しらつゆ) glistening dew; 露払い (つゆはらい) person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.

Components

• 雨
• 路
• 口 radical mouth
• 夂 radical go; winter top
• 止 radical stop
• 足 radical foot
• 雨 radical rain

Words using 露

• 露出 (ろしゅつ) exposure
• 日露戦争 (にちろせんそう) Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
• お披露目 (おひろめ) (formal) announcement
• 暴露 (ばくろ) disclosure
• 露 (ろ) Russia
• 披露 (ひろう) announcement
• 披露宴 (ひろうえん) reception (e.g. wedding)
• 結婚披露宴 (けっこんひろうえん) wedding reception banquet
• 新序出世披露 (しんじょしゅっせひろう) presenting of new wrestlers to audience
• 襲名披露 (しゅうめいひろう) announcing the succession to another's stage name
• 白露 (しらつゆ) glistening dew
• 露払い (つゆはらい) person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.
• 夜露 (よつゆ) evening dew
• 下露 (したつゆ) dew under (dripping from) trees
• 露の間 (つゆのま) instant
• 杏露酒 (しんるちゅう) Shinluchu (apricot wine)

157 words in all.

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