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Readings

Kana: ロウ、ル、けら
Romaji: rou, ru, kera
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

mole cricket

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-11
Korean Reading:  ru
Chinese Reading:  lou2
Unicode:  87bb
JIS:  6A33

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 5375
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d11.1
Four Corner Index: 5514.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33515
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0081

Words

螻蛄 (けら、おけら、ろうこ、ケラ、オケラ)
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
螻蛄芸 (けらげい)
being a jack of all trades and master of none
螻羽 (けらば、ケラバ)
edge of a gabled roof; verge
川螻蛄 (かわげら、カワゲラ)
stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
虫螻 (むしけら)
worm; insect
トビケラ目 (トビケラもく、とびけらもく)
Trichoptera (the order of insects comprising the caddisflies)
飛螻蛄 (とびけら、トビケラ)
caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)
螻蛄才 (けらざい)
being a jack of all trades and master of none
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