ろう

noun

  1. Buddhist term.offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice.
  2. twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar.
  3. year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ろう
ろう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

12th lunar month
ロウ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
mane, bristles, as on a hog, dorsal fins
リョウ たてがみ もと
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
rat, mouse, dark gray
ねずみ ソ ショ (Kentei Pre-1)
mortar
うす キュウ グ (11th)