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牢 = 牛 + 宀

牢 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “jail”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 宀 (roof). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2325.

Keyword
jail
RTK frame
2325
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かた.い, ひとや
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
prison, тюрьма
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
牢 prison

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 牛 cow
  2. 宀 roof

How to find 牢 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “roof”. 牢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 牢 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.