牢 — kanji meaning “prison”
牢
prison, jail, hardness
- Meanings
- prison, jail, hardness
- On'yomi
- ロウ (rou)
- Kun'yomi
- かた.い、ひとや
- Strokes
- 7
- Newspaper frequency
- #2472 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 93
- Chinese reading
- láo — Chinese character page
Words with 牢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牢獄 | ろうごく rougoku | prison; jail; gaol |
| 牢屋 | ろうや rouya | jail; gaol; jailhouse |
| 堅牢 | けんろう kenrou | solid; strong; sturdy |
| 座敷牢 | ざしきろう zashikirou | room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period) |
| 牢名主 | ろうなぬし rounanushi | head of a prisoners' group (Edo period) |
| 入牢 | にゅうろう nyuurou | imprisonment |
| 牢番 | ろうばん rouban | prison guard; jailer; gaoler |
| 永牢 | えいろう eirou | life imprisonment |
| 破牢 | はろう harou | breaking out of prison; jailbreak |
| 土牢 | つちろう tsuchirou | dungeon; underground prison |
| 水牢 | みずろう mizurou | (punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber |
| 牢固 | ろうこ rouko | firm; solid; inflexible |
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