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Zach

Readings

Kana: ラン、ぼろ
Romaji: ran, boro
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

rags

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  145
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-15
Korean Reading:  ram
Chinese Reading:  lan2
Unicode:  8964
JIS:  6B22

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1257
Nelson Index: 4269
New Nelson Index: 5507
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5e15.2
Four Corner Index: 3821.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34674
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0272
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1607

Words

ぼろを出す (ぼろをだす)
to reveal the faults
襤褸家 (ぼろや)
run-down shabby house; rag and scrap merchant
ずた襤褸 (ずたぼろ、ズタボロ、ずたボロ)
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
襤褸滓 (ぼろかす、ボロカス)
harsh criticism; something worthless or of little value
段戸襤褸菊 (だんどぼろぎく、ダンドボロギク)
fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia); burnweed; pilewort
ぼろ布 (ぼろきれ)
old rag
襤褸 (ぼろ、ボロ、らんる)
rag; scrap; tattered clothes; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby; junky
野襤褸菊 (のぼろぎく、ノボロギク)
common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
襤褸団扇船喰虫 (ぼろうちわふなくいむし、ボロウチワフナクイムシ)
Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
紅花襤褸菊 (べにばなぼろぎく、ベニバナボロギク)
red-flower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides); redflower ragleaf
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