Kanji
牢
kanji character
prison
jail
hardness
牢 kanji-牢 prison, jail, hardness
牢
Meaning
prison jail and hardness
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かたい
- ひとや
On'yomi
- ろう にん ronin
- ろう ごく prison
- ろう prison
Practice Writing
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Related Entries
Common Words
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牢 人 ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination... -
牢 prison, jail, gaol... -
牢 獄 prison, jail, gaol -
牢 屋 jail, gaol, jailhouse -
牢 固 firm, solid, inflexible... -
牢 乎 firm, solid, inflexible... -
牢 死 dying in prison -
牢 番 prison guard, jailer, gaoler -
牢 問 whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture) -
牢 記 keeping in mind, taking note of, remembering... -
永 牢 life imprisonment -
堅 牢 solid, strong, sturdy... -
入 牢 imprisonment -
破 牢 breaking out of prison, jailbreak -
土 牢 dungeon, underground prison -
水 牢 (punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber -
牢 破 りjailbreak, breaking out of prison, person who escapes from jail... -
石 牢 jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance, cave prison -
牢 としてfirmly, strongly -
女 牢 jail for women (Edo period) -
地 牢 dungeon, underground prison -
蒲 牢 Pulao (Chinese dragon) -
岩 牢 cave prison, cliffside jail -
牢 名 主 head of a prisoners' group (Edo period) -
牢 役 人 (Edo-period) jail warden, jailer -
牢 屋 敷 precinct of a jail, vicinity of a prison -
座 敷 牢 room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period) -
地 下 牢 dungeon -
亡 羊 補 牢 locking the barn door after the horse has bolted, doing something too late, mending the pen after the sheep are lost -
堅 牢 堅 固 firm and solid, stout and durable