牢
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Translingual
Han character
牢 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十竹手 (JHQ), four-corner 30502, composition ⿱宀牛)
Derived characters
- 𠈭 哰 𢚄 𫰴 (⿰女牢) 㟉 𤉍 浶 𢭂 𣒲 𭷡 (⿰牜牢) 𣇟 𥒪 𦰤 𥭲 𦕵 䜮 𨦭 𨌚 𪁔 (𩧷) 𤚧 𫳵 (⿰牢何) 𬁖 (⿰星牢) 𣋀 𡫡
References
- KangXi: page 698, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19934
- Dae Jaweon: page 1110, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1802, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7262
- Unihan data for U+F946
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 牢 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 牢 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (牢) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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牢 | *ruː |
窂 | *ruː |
哰 | *ruː |
Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
牢
- prison; jail
- 監牢/监牢 ― jiānláo ― prison
- pen; enclosure
- 亡羊補牢,猶未遲也。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wáng yáng bǔ láo, yóu wèi chí yě. [Pinyin]
- Repairing a sheep pen only after a sheep is lost is not considered tardy.
亡羊补牢,犹未迟也。 [MSC, simp.]
- firm; fast; durable
- 牢固 ― láogù ― firm; durable
- dependable; reliable
- animal used for sacrificing
- 太牢 ― tàiláo ― animal used for sacrificing
- with grievance and toil
- 牢騷/牢骚 ― láosāo ― to be discontented
- (Shanghainese Wu) indicates continuous aspect.
- Synonym: 著 (zhe) (Standard)
- 抱牢勿放 [Shanghainese] ― [b̥ɔ²² lɔ⁴⁴ v̥əʔ¹¹ fɑ̃²³] [IPA] ― holding on, not letting go
- 伊吃牢我。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
- [ɦi²³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴ ŋv̩ʷ²³] [IPA]
- He’s staring at me.
Compounds
Derived terms from 牢
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Descendants
- → Manchu: ᠯᠣᠣ (loo)
- → Solon: lō
- → Zhuang: lauz
Japanese
Alternative forms
- 籠
Kanji
牢
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- prison
- stable, pen
- secure
Readings
- Go-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)
- Kan-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)
- Kun: ひとや (hitoya, 牢); かたい (katai, 牢い)
Compounds
Compounds
- 牢屋 (rōya)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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牢 |
ろう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ろー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ɾo̞ː]
Noun
牢 • (rō) ←らう (rau)?
- prison
- Synonyms: 監獄 (かんごく), 牢屋 (ろうや)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
牢 • (roe, noe, ro, no) (hangeul 뢰, 뇌, 로, 노, revised roe, noe, ro, no, McCune–Reischauer roe, noe, ro, no, Yale loy, noy, lo, no)
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Okinawan
Kanji
牢 (hiragana るー, romaji rū)
Compounds
- 牢屋 (るーや, rūya, “prison”)
Noun
牢 (hiragana るー, romaji rū)
- prison
- Synonyms: 監獄 (かんぐく, kanguku), 牢屋 (るーや, rūya)
References
- 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963
Vietnamese
Han character
牢: Hán Nôm readings: lao, lào, sao, sau
- chữ Hán form of lao (“prison”).
- Nôm form of lao (“javelin, harpoon”).
- Nôm form of Lào (“Laos”).
- Nôm form of rao (“to announce”).
- Nôm form of sao (“why, how”).
- Nôm form of sao (“star”).
- Nôm form of sau (“after”).
- Nôm form of trau (“to polish”).