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: 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

Historical forms of the character 牢
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) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”)

牢

1. prison; jail
   • 監牢／监牢  ―  jiānláo  ―  prison
2. 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.

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. (Shanghainese Wu) indicates continuous aspect.

   Synonym: 著 (zhe) (Standard)

   抱牢勿放 [Shanghainese]  ―  [b̥ɔ²² lɔ⁴⁴ v̥əʔ¹¹ fɑ̃²³] [IPA]  ―  holding on, not letting go

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

   [ɦi²³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴ ŋv̩ʷ²³] [IPA]

   He’s staring at me.

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

• 籠

(uncommon “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)

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ろ​ー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ː]

牢(ろう) • (rō) ^{←らう (rau)?}

1. prison

   Synonyms: 監獄 (かんごく), 牢屋 (ろうや)

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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牢 (hiragana るー, romaji rū)

• 牢屋 (るーや, rūya, “prison”)

牢 (hiragana るー, romaji rū)

1. prison

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

• 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

牢: 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”).