Radical
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
3
Mandarin
láo
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
3 strokes
Strokes
7 strokes
Mandarin
láo

Definitions by reading

lo5 lao5
Mandarin equivalent láo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng lo5 Chaoyang lo5 Chenghai lo5 Jieyang lo5 Raoping lo5 Shantou lo5
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng lao5 Chaoyang lao5 Chenghai lao5 Jieyang lao5 Raoping lao5 Shantou lao5
①坚固:牢不可破
②养牲畜的圈(juàn ):虎~ | 亡羊补~(喻事后补救还不为迟) | ~笼。
③古代称作祭品的牲畜:太~(古代帝王、诸侯祭祀社稷时,牛、羊、豕三牲全备之称) | 少~(诸侯宗庙,用羊、豕之称)。
④监禁犯人的地方:监~ | 坐~。
⑤结实,坚固,固定:~固 | ~稳(a.稳妥可靠;b.物体稳定,不摇晃) | ~记 | ~不可破 。
⑥古代祭祀用的牲畜:太牢(牛)
⑦监狱:监牢
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English meaning

prison; stable, pen; secure

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
來母 一等 開口 豪韵 平声 魯刀切
Reconstruction:
Original

養牛馬圈,亦堅也,固也;又蒲牢,獸名;又姓,孔子弟子琴牢之後,漢石顯之黨有牢梁。