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    3. 牢

    牢

    牢かた.い

    prison

    KMT10Freq #2472Core ConceptsKanji7 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かた.いひとや

    On'yomi

    ロウ

    prisonjailhardness

    宀牛

    宀
    冖
    牛

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    牽佗佇犖宏完宍宋牛牡牟字牝犂

    Alternative forms of this concept

    牜
    ⺧

    Concepts using this kanji

    牢役人

    (Edo-period) jail warden

    地下牢

    dungeon

    牢名主

    head of a prisoners' group (Edo period)

    地牢

    dungeon

    女牢

    jail for women (Edo period)

    入牢

    imprisonment

    水牢

    (punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber

    土牢

    dungeon

    牢問

    whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)

    牢死

    dying in prison

    牢記

    keeping in mind

    石牢

    jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance

    牢番

    prison guard

    牢屋

    jail

    破牢

    breaking out of prison

    牢破り

    jailbreak

    永牢

    life imprisonment

    亡羊補牢

    locking the barn door after the horse has bolted

    岩牢

    cave prison

    牢固

    firm

    座敷牢

    room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)

    牢屋敷

    precinct of a jail

    堅牢堅固

    firm and solid

    堅牢

    solid

    蒲牢

    Pulao (Chinese dragon)

    牢

    prison

    牢として

    firmly

    牢獄

    prison

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 冖
    • 宀
    • 牛

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    • 永牢
    • 堅牢
    • 入牢
    • 牢屋
    • 破牢
    • 牢獄
    • 土牢
    • 水牢
    • 座敷牢
    • 牢固
    • 牢死
    • 牢名主
    • 牢役人
    • 牢破り
    • 牢番
    • 地下牢
    • 堅牢堅固
    • 石牢
    • 牢
    • 牢問
    • 牢として
    • 牢屋敷
    • 女牢
    • 牢記
    • 亡羊補牢
    • 地牢
    • 蒲牢
    • 岩牢

    Similar concepts

    • 牽
    • 佗
    • 佇
    • 犖
    • 宏
    • 完
    • 宍
    • 宋
    • 牛
    • 牡
    • 牟
    • 字
    • 牝
    • 犂

    Variants

    • 牜
    • ⺧

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