lòu

to leak

to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)

water (氵) + leaky roof (屚) = to leak

屚 itself depicts rain falling through a damaged roof — water finding its way through gaps. The water radical reinforces that this is about liquid escaping where it should not.

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Rain dripping through a roofSemantic
WaterSemantic

水管了,地板上全是水。

shuǐ guǎn lòu le, dì bǎn shang quán shì shuǐ.

The water pipe is leaking, the floor is covered with water.

你把这个秘密出去了,大家都知道了。

nǐ bǎ zhè ge mì mì lòu chū qù le, dà jiā dōu zhī dào le.

You let this secret slip out, and now everyone knows.

Words with 漏

遗漏

yí lòu

to overlook

锢漏锅

gù lòu guō

tinker

错漏

cuò lòu

error and negligence

钟鸣漏尽

zhōng míng lòu jìn

past one's prime

雨漏

yǔ lòu

gargoyle (architecture)

零日漏洞

líng rì lòu dòng

zero-day vulnerability (computing)

点水不漏

diǎn shuǐ bù lòu

not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous

一字不漏

yī zì bù lòu

without missing a word

出漏子

chū lòu zi

to take a wrong turn

偷漏

tōu lòu

to evade (taxes)

克漏字

kè lòu zì

cloze (loanword) (Tw)

地漏

dì lòu

drain

More characters with 氵