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Kanji Detail for 牢 - "pen, prison, firm, sacrifice"

牢

  • Meaning

    牢 means "pen, prison, firm, sacrifice."

    1. Pen - An enclosure for livestock.

    2. Prison - A place for confining criminals.

    3. Firm - Solid; secure.

    4. Sacrifice - An offering at a ritual.

  • Four-character idioms with 牢

    • 亡羊補牢 ぼうようほろう Listen locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late
    • 堅牢堅固 けんろうけんご Listen firm and solid; stout and durable

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    prison; jail; hardness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    prison; stable, pen; secure

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pen, prison, stable; fast, firm, secure

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A pen for sacrificial animals. (Book of Odes) "Caught the pig in the pen." | Sacrificial animals. A cow is called 太牢 (great sacrifice). A sheep is called 少牢 (lesser sacrifice). | Firm and solid. As in 牢不可破 (unbreakable). The phrase originates from (Han Yu's writings). | Feeling frustrated is called 牢. As in 牢愁 (melancholy), 牢騷 (complaint). | Prison. As in 牢獄 (jail), 監牢 (prison).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    roh(ロウ) ロウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hitoya(ひとや) ひとや

    kata.i(かた-い) かた-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    牛 牜 (ushi・ushihen)

  • Related Keywords

    pen enclosure livestock prison place confining criminals firm solid secure sacrifice offering ritual

Sentences including 牢

  • A convict has escaped from prison.

  • The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to prison.

  • She's been sent to jail for murder.

  • Buildings are much stronger now than they used to be.

  • Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

  • However, when I finally reached the castle I was thrown into this prison by the commander of the imperial guard.

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