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Chinese symbol for “leakage”

渗漏
shèn lòu
Traditional: 滲漏
seepage; leakage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for leakage is 渗漏 (shèn lòu), defined as: seepage; leakage.

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Characters and stroke order

渗 shèn
to seep, to permeate, to infiltrate
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
漏 lòu
to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 渗漏.

WordPinyinMeaning
渗透 (滲透)shèn tòu(lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into
渗入 (滲入)shèn rùto permeate
渗出 (滲出)shèn chūto seep out; to exude
渗水 (滲水)shèn shuǐwater seepage
渗透压 (滲透壓)shèn tòu yāosmotic pressure
漏洞lòu dòngleak; hole
泄漏 (洩漏)xiè lòu(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)
遗漏 (遺漏)yí lòuto overlook; to miss

See also: Japanese symbol for “leakage”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.