This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ロウ、ろう.する、いたわ.る、いた.ずき、ねぎら、つか.れる、ねぎら.う
Romaji: rou, rou.suru, itawa.ru, ita.zuki, negira, tsuka.reru, negira.u
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  19
Frequency:  398
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  2-5-2
Korean Reading:  ro
Chinese Reading:  lao2
Unicode:  52b4
JIS:  4F2B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2548
Nelson Index: 720
New Nelson Index: 531
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3n4.3
Four Corner Index: 9042.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 610
Gakken Index: 309
Japanese Names Index: 491A
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2329
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0381
Remembering the kanji Index: 860
Kanji Way Index: 145
Kanji Flashcards Index: 369
Kodansha Compact Index: 214
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 639
Kanji in Context Index: 443
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1619
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2205
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 868
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 924
Essential Kanji Index: 274
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3155
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 945
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 542
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 494

Words

(ろう)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work; effort; striving
労働省 (ろうどうしょう)
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
苦労 (くろう)
troubles; hardships
疲労 (ひろう)
fatigue; weariness
労災 (ろうさい)
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident; workers' compensation insurance
労働 (ろうどう)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party
功労 (こうろう)
meritorious deed; services
労働党 (ろうどうとう)
Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party
勤労 (きんろう)
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
労組 (ろうそ、ろうくみ)
labor union; labour union
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