Kanji

2472 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: prison, jail, hardness

Kunyomi: かた.い ひとや

Onyomi: ロウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: cow

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ロウ prison, jail, gaol, firm, solid, strong

浪人 ロウニン ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination, person out of work, jobless person, wanderer, drifter

エイロウ life imprisonment

ニュウロウ imprisonment