亡羊補牢 (ぼーよーほろー) — locking the barn door after the horse has bolted, doing something too late, mending the pen after the sheep are lost | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

locking the barn door after the horse has bolted doing something too late and mending the pen after the sheep are lost

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

locking the barn door after the horse has bolted, doing something too late, mending the pen after the sheep are lost

ぼうようほろう

亡

deceased, the late, dying...

な.い, な.き-, ボウ

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

匸

( 匚 ) hiding enclosure radical (no. 23)

匸

( 匚 ) hiding enclosure radical (no. 23)

羊

ひつじ, ヨウ

䒑

grass, straw, herbs...

補

supplement, supply, make good...

おぎな.う, ホ

衤

( 衣 ) clothes, clothing radical (no. 145

甫

for the first time, not until

はじ.めて, ホ, フ

用

utilize, business, service...

もち.いる, ヨウ

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

牢

prison, jail, hardness

かた.い, ひとや, ロウ

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

牛

うし, ギュウ

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