Kanji

陋

陋

narrowness, meanness, humbleness

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

阜部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ロウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いやしい, せまい

Example sentences

頑迷固陋 がんめいころう
祖父は頑迷固陋な性格で、新しい機械を一切使わない。

My grandfather has a stubborn and narrow-minded nature and won't use any new machines at all.

狷介固陋 けんかいころう
彼は狷介固陋な性格で、周囲の助言を一切聞き入れない。

Due to his stubborn and narrow-minded nature, he doesn't listen to any advice from those around him.

Example Vocabulary

陋

ろう

陋劣

ろうれつ

頑迷固陋

がんめいころう

stubborn and narrow-minded; bigoted and sticking to old ways

陋屋

ろうおく

陋習

ろうしゅう

固陋

ころう

頑陋

がんろう

狷介固陋

けんかいころう

stubborn and narrow-minded; bigotedly unyielding

陋巷

ろうこう

卑陋

ひろう

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