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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

Two police officers are patrolling the nighttime streets.

In the early Meiji era, police officers were also called rasotsu.

In the dead of night, the footsteps of samurai patrolling the castle town echoed.

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