邏
邏: to patrol
to patrol; to go around
23 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 3 words here
Readings
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邏 is used in police and patrol words: 警邏 (けいら) and 巡邏 (じゅんら); 邏卒 was the early Meiji word for a policeman.
Key words
警邏けいらpatrol
巡邏じゅんらpatrol; going the rounds
邏卒らそつearly police officer
Example sentences
夜の街を、二人組の警官が警邏している。
Two police officers are patrolling the nighttime streets.
明治の初めには、巡査は邏卒とも呼ばれていた。
In the early Meiji era, police officers were also called rasotsu.
城下の町を巡邏する武士たちの足音が、深夜に響いた。
In the dead of night, the footsteps of samurai patrolling the castle town echoed.