露 means “dew”

つゆ · tsuyu

Also: tears, expose, Russia

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つゆ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ロ, ロウ

Taught in secondary school · 21 strokes

The story

Morning dew on spider webs glistens like tears, a haiku poet's favorite image.

Symbol of transience and the beauty of fleeting moments

Its parts

• 雨 Rain/weather · Top
• 路 Road/path · Bottom

Weather (雨) found on the path (路) in the morning: dew

Kanji that look like 露

• 雨 (rain): 露 extends 雨 with 路 (road) below; dew is rain on the path
• 霜 (frost): 霜 has 相 under 雨, 露 has 路; dew and frost are different morning moisture

More from Nature's Poetry

• 氷 ice
• 流 stream
• 沼 marsh
• 泉 spring
• 岸 shore
• 崖 cliff
• 庭 garden
• 枝 branch
• 根 root
• 樹 tree
• 桜 cherry blossom
• 嵐 storm

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.