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牢

Readings

Kana: ロウ、かた.い、ひとや
Romaji: rou, kata.i, hitoya
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

prison, jail, hardness

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  2472
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-4
Korean Reading:  ro
Chinese Reading:  lao2
Unicode:  7262
JIS:  4F34

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1287
New Nelson Index: 3535
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m4.2
Four Corner Index: 3050.2
Daikanwanjiten Index: 19934
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0628
Remembering the kanji Index: 2213
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2325

Words

牢 (ろう)
prison; jail; gaol
堅牢 (けんろう)
solid
永牢 (えいろう)
life imprisonment
牢番 (ろうばん)
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
牢死 (ろうし)
dying in prison
牢獄 (ろうごく)
prison; jail; gaol
牢屋 (ろうや)
jail; gaol; jailhouse
牢名主 (ろうなぬし)
(Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group
牢破り (ろうやぶり)
jailbreak; gaolbreak
牢乎 (ろうこ)
firm; solid
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