牢

Translingual

Han character

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

1. prison
2. stable, pen
3. secure

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láo (lao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lô / tiâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô / tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: lô / tiâu
    • IPA (Taipei): /lə²³/, /tiaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lə¹³/, /tiaʊ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (牢, reconstructed)
Character (牢), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 魯刀切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɑu/	/lɑu/	/lɑu/	/lɑu/	/law/	/lɑu/	/lɑu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (牢, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
牢					7644					牢					幽					1					勞					/*ruː/

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Japanese

Kanji

牢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ろう (rō)
• Kun: ひとや (hitoya), かたい (katai)

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Korean

Hanja

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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Vietnamese

Han character

牢 (lao, lào, sao, sau)

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