牢

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

• 𠈭 哰 𢚄 𫰴 (⿰女牢) 㟉 𤉍 浶 𢭂 𣒲 𭷡 (⿰牜牢) 𣇟 𥒪 𦰤 𥭲 𦕵 䜮 𨦭 𨌚 𪁔 (𩧷) 𤚧 𫳵 (⿰牢何) 𬁖 (⿰星牢) 𣋀 𡫡

• 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

• Unihan data for U+F946

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”)

牢

1. pen; enclosure

   亡羊補牢，猶未遲也。 [MSC, trad.]
   亡羊补牢，犹未迟也。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wáng yáng bǔ láo, yóu wèi chí yě. [Pinyin]

   Repairing a sheep pen only after a sheep is lost is not considered tardy.

2. prison; jail

   監牢／监牢  ―  jiānláo  ―  prison

3. firm; fast; durable

   牢固  ―  láogù  ―  firm; durable

4. dependable; reliable
5. animal used for sacrificing

   太牢  ―  tàiláo  ―  animal used for sacrificing

6. with grievance and toil

   牢騷／牢骚  ―  láosāo  ―  to be discontented

7. (Northern Wu) indicates continuous aspect

   抱牢勿放 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶bau-lau₆ ⁸veq-faon₅ [Wugniu]  ―  holding on, not letting go

   捏牢 [Suzhounese]  ―  ⁸gniaq ²lau [Wugniu]  ―  kneading

   伊吃牢我。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]

   ⁶yi ⁷chiq-lau₆ ⁶ngu [Wugniu]

   He’s staring at me.

8. a surname, Lao

• (pen): 圈 (juàn)
• (prison):

• (firm):

• (dependable):

• (indicates continuous aspect): (Mandarin, Jin) 著／着 (zhe)

• → Manchu: ᠯᠣᠣ (loo)
  • → Solon: lō
• → Zhuang: lauz
• → Vietnamese: rào

• 籠

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. prison
2. stable, pen
3. secure

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: ひとや (hitoya, 牢)、かたい (katai, 牢い)

From Middle Chinese 牢 (MC law).

• (Tokyo) ろー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ː]

牢(ろう) • (rō) ^{←らう (rau)?}

1. prison

   Synonyms: 監獄 (kangoku), 牢屋 (rōya), 牢獄 (rōgoku)

牢 • (roe, noe, ro, no) (hangeul 뢰, 뇌, 로, 노, revised roe, noe, ro, no, McCune–Reischauer roe, noe, ro, no, Yale loy, noy, lo, no)

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(Hyōgai kanji)

• 牢(るー)屋(や) (rūya, “prison”)

牢(るー) (rū) 

1. prison

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

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)

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

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