漏 lòu
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 屚 to leak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
漏洞
lòudòng
loophole; flaw
Characters in this word
洞 dòng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 同 same, similar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这里有漏洞。 Zhèlǐ yǒu lòudòng. There is a gap here.
- 计划有漏洞。 Jìhuà yǒu lòudòng. The plan has a flaw.
- 他找到漏洞。 Tā zhǎodào lòudòng. He found a loophole.