漏 means “leak, escape”

もれる · moreru

Also: time

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もる, もれる, もらす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ロウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

Water (氵) and rain (雨) getting in under a roof (尸): a leak. 漏れる is to leak, 雨漏り is a leaking roof, and secrets leak too: 情報漏えい is a data leak.

Used in 漏れる (moreru, to leak), 雨漏り (amamori, leaking roof), and 漏電 (rouden, electrical leak)

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