労

See also: 劳

Translingual

Traditional	勞
Shinjitai	労
Simplified	劳

Han character

労 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火月大尸 (FBKS), composition ⿳⺍冖力)

1. labor, toil, do manual work

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 147, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2329
• Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 369, character 1
• Unihan data for U+52B4

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 労 – see 勞 (“to toil; to do manual labour; to trouble; to disturb; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 勞).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	労
Kyūjitai	勞

Kanji

労

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勞)

1. labor; labour; toil
2. trouble; pains
3. work; effort; striving

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: いたずき (itazuki, 労き); いたわる (itawaru, 労る); つかれる (tsukareru, 労れる); ねぎらう (negirau, 労う)

Compounds

• 労役(ろうえき) (rōeki)
• 労働(ろうどう) (rōdō)
• 労力(ろうりょく) (rōryoku)
• 苦労(くろう) (kurō)

• 疲労(ひろう) (hirō)
• 労務費(ろうむひ) (rōmuhi)
• 厚労省(こうろうしょう) (Kōrō-shō)
• 厚生労働省(こうせいろうどうしょう) (Kōsei-rōdō-shō)

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Korean

Hanja

労 • (ro) (hangeul 로, revised ro, McCune–Reischauer ro)

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