漏 lòu to leak
to leak; to drip
How to remember 漏: 氵 water + 尸 corpse + 雨 rain = to leak. At the Halloween party, water runs down the neck of a boy dressed as a corpse because the rain makes the roof start to leak.
Component breakdown
漏 = 氵 water + 屚
- 氵 water
- 屚
- 尸 corpse
- 雨 rain
At the Halloween party, water runs down the neck of a boy dressed as a corpse because the rain makes the roof start to leak.
How it is used
- A verb for something leaking or dripping through a gap: 屋顶漏水了 (Wūdǐng lòu shuǐ le) - "The roof is leaking."
- 漏洞 lòudòng extends the image to a flaw or loophole in a plan, contract, or piece of software - very common in both legal/business talk and tech contexts.
- 遗漏 yílòu means to accidentally omit or overlook something (an item on a list, a name), while 走漏 zǒulòu means information has "leaked out" (a secret got out).