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Kanji Detail for 労 - "labor, toil"

労

  • Meaning

    労 means "labor, toil." Also associated with merit.

    1. Labor - To work; to exert effort; to serve.

    2. Toil - To work hard with fatigue; to put in effort.

    3. Merit - Achievement through hard work; accomplishment.

    4. Comfort - To appreciate and acknowledge someone's efforts.

  • Words using 労

    • 労働 ろうどう Listen labor; labour; work
    • 労働者 ろうどうしゃ Listen worker; (manual) laborer; labourer
    • 労組 ろうそ Listen labor union; labour union; trade union
    • 労働党 ろうどうとう Listen Labour Party; Labor Party
    • 労働省 ろうどうしょう Listen Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
    • 労使 ろうし Listen labour and management; labor and management
    • 労働組合 ろうどうくみあい Listen labor union; labour union; trade union
    • 労相 ろうしょう Listen Labor Minister

  • Four-character idioms with 労

    • 不労所得 ふろうしょとく Listen unearned income; investment income; passive income
    • 疲労困憊 ひろうこんぱい Listen total exhaustion

  • Tattoo check: 労

    • Verified meaning: labor, toil
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つとむ, ろう)
    • Also carries these associations: merit

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 労

    Given names 労(つとむ)Listen 労(ろう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    labor; thank for; reward for; toil; trouble

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    labor, toil, do manual work

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 勞|劳

  • Onyomi

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    roh(ロウ) ロウ

  • Kunyomi

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    ita.zuki(いた-ずき) いた-ずき

    itawa.ru(いたわ-る) いたわ-る

    negira(ねぎら) ねぎら

    negira.u(ねぎら-う) ねぎら-う

    rou.suru(ろう-する) ろう-する

    tsuka.reru(つか-れる) つか-れる

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    labor toil merit achievement comfort accomplishment diligence drudgery effort employment exertion fatigue grind hard work hustle industry occupation strain sweat task service

Sentences including 労

  • I had some trouble in finding his house.

  • You will never know what she went through to educate her children.

  • Hard work has made japan what it is today.

  • His overwork brought on an illness.

  • He is tired from overwork.

  • She seems to have had a very hard time.

  • He is accustomed to hard work.

  • My mother is not accustomed to hard work.

  • I had a hard time getting to the airport.

  • She took the trouble to meet her friend at the airport.

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