牢

7 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

prison, jail, hardness

Kun'yomi
  • かたい
  • ひとや
On'yomi
  • ロウ
    		prison ②firm

Main Radical

牛(KanXi) 宀(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ロウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

prison, jail, hardness
ロウ　かた.い　ひとや (Kentei Pre-1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)

Common Words

ろう
牢
prison ②firm
にゅう
入
ろう
牢
imprisonment
ろう
牢
ごく
獄
prison
ろう
牢
や
屋
jail
ち
地
か
下
ろう
牢
dungeon
けん
堅
ろう
牢
solid
ろう
牢
ばん
番
prison guard
みず
水
ろう
牢
(punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber
ろう
牢
こ
固
firm
ざ
座
しき
敷
ろう
牢
room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)
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References

Unicode hex code 7262
JIS X 0208 1-47-20
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1287
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3535
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2213
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2325
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19934
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m4.2
Four corner code 3050.2