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U+7262, 牢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7262

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+F946, 牢
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F946

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 93, +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十竹手 (JHQ), four-corner 30502, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 698, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19934
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1110, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1802, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+7262

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : (pen; animal yard) + (cow)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lâu - vernacular;
  • tiâu/láu - vernacular (俗);
  • lô/lô͘ - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /lɑu³⁵/
Harbin /lau²⁴/
Tianjin /lɑu⁴⁵/
Jinan /lɔ⁴²/
Qingdao /lɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /lau⁴²/
Xi'an /lau²⁴/
Xining /lɔ²⁴/
Yinchuan /lɔ⁵³/
Lanzhou /lɔ⁵³/
Ürümqi /lɔ⁵¹/
Wuhan /nau²¹³/
Chengdu /nau³¹/
Guiyang /nao²¹/
Kunming /lɔ³¹/
Nanjing /lɔo²⁴/
Hefei /lɔ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /lau¹¹/
Pingyao /lɔ¹³/
Hohhot /lɔ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /lɔ²³/
Suzhou /læ¹³/
Hangzhou /lɔ²¹³/
Wenzhou /lɜ³¹/
Hui Shexian /lɔ⁴⁴/
Tunxi /lə⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /lau¹³/
Xiangtan /naɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /lɑu⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /lau¹¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /lou²¹/
Nanning /lu²¹/
Hong Kong /lou²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lau³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /lo⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /lau³³/
/lau²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /lo⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /lau³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/law/
Li
Rong
/lɑu/
Wang
Li
/lɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7644
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruː/

Definitions

  1. pen; enclosure
    亡羊補 [MSC, trad.]
    亡羊补 [MSC, simp.]
    Wáng yáng bǔ láo, yóu wèi chí yě.
    Repairing a sheep pen only after a sheep is lost is not considered tardy.
  2. prison; jail
      ―  jiānláo  ―  prison
  3. firm; fast; durable
      ―  láo  ―  firm; durable
  4. dependable; reliable
  5. animal used for sacrificing
      ―  tàiláo  ―  animal used for sacrificing
  6. with grievance and toil
      ―  láosāo  ―  to be discontented
  7. (Northern Wu) indicates continuous aspect
    [Shanghainese]  ―  6bau-lau6 8veq-faon5 [Wugniu]  ―  holding on, not letting go
    [Suzhounese]  ―  8gniaq 2lau [Wugniu]  ―  kneading
    [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
    6yi 7chiq-lau6 6ngu [Wugniu]
    He’s staring at me.
  8. a surname: Lao

Synonyms

  • (pen): (juàn)
  • (prison):
  • (firm):
  • (dependable):
  • (indicates continuous aspect): (Mandarin, Jin) (zhe)

Compounds

Descendants

  • Manchu: ᠯᠣᠣ (loo)
  • Zhuang: lauz
  • Vietnamese: rào

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. prison
  2. stable, pen
  3. secure

Readings

  • Go-on: ろう ()らう (rau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ろう ()らう (rau, historical)
  • Kun: ひとや (hitoya, )かたい (katai, 牢い)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ろう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC law).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ろう) (らう (rau)?

  1. prison
    Synonyms: 監獄 (kangoku), 牢屋 (rōya), 牢獄 (rōgoku)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(roe, noe, ro, no) (hangeul , , , , revised roe, noe, ro, no, McCune–Reischauer roe, noe, ro, no, Yale loy, noy, lo, no)

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Okinawan

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Compounds

Noun

(るー) (

  1. prison
    Synonyms: 監獄 (かんぐく, kanguku), 牢屋 (るーや, rūya)

References

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lao, lào, sao, sau

  1. chữ Hán form of lao (prison).
  2. Nôm form of lao (javelin, harpoon).
  3. Nôm form of Lào (Laos).
  4. Nôm form of rao (to announce).
  5. Nôm form of sao (why, how).
  6. Nôm form of sao (star).
  7. Nôm form of sau (after).
  8. Nôm form of trau (to polish).