Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

398 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble

Kunyomi: ろう.する いたわ.る いた.ずき ねぎら つか.れる ねぎら.う

Onyomi: ロウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ちから

Meaning: power, force

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

力(ろうりょく)   labor, effort, toil, trouble

働(ろうどう)   manual labor, toil, work

働時間(ろうどうじかん)   working hours, man-hours

働条件(ろうどうじょうけん)   working conditions

働組合(ろうどうくみあい)   labor union

(しんろう)   anxiety, worry, fear

(きんろう)   labor, exertion, diligent service

する(くろうする)   undergo hardship, suffer

する(ひろうする)   be tired

Onyomi Examples

ロウ labor, labour, toil, trouble, pains, work, effort, striving

ロウソ labor union, labour union, trade union

コクロウ National Railway Workers Union

コウロウ meritorious deed, services

Kunyomi Examples

する ろうする to work, to labor, to labour, to put to work, to make (someone) work

いたわる to pity, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to treat with sympathy, to console, to be kind to, to appreciate, to tend to (e.g. an injury), to care for, to nurse, to soothe

いたずき pain, trouble, illness

ねぎらい appreciation, thanks, gratitude

ねぎらう to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status), to thank for, to reward for

ねぎらう to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status), to thank for, to reward for