Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

928 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 21

Meaning: dew, tears, expose, Russia

Kunyomi: つゆ

Onyomi: ロウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

Russia

ロコツ open, unconcealed, undisguised, blatant, plain, frank, broad, lewd, indecent, crude

トロ expressing one's mind, speaking out

ハツロ appearance, expression, manifestation

ロウ Russia and Ukraine

襲名披 シュウメイヒロウ announcing the succession to another's stage name

新序出世披 シンジョシュッセヒロウ presenting of new wrestlers to audience

Kunyomi Examples

つゆ dew, tears, (not) a bit, (not) at all

払い つゆはらい outrider, herald, rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony

あさつゆ morning dew

したつゆ dew under (dripping from) trees