羅
羅 — Gauze
gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
On’yomiラ (ra)
Kun’yomiうすもの (usumono)
Stroke order (19 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 羅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 網羅 | もうら moura | encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of) |
| 修羅場 | しゅらば shuraba | fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra |
| 甲羅 | こうら koura | shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron |
| 曼荼羅 | まんだら mandara | mandala |
| 羅列 | られつ raretsu | enumeration; citation; listing |
| 修羅 | しゅら shura | Asura; demigod; anti-god |
Study notes
羅 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1831 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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