労 – labor, thank for, reward for

7 strokesTaught in grade 4#398 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 労 means labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロウ (rou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ろう.する、いたわ.る、いた.ずき、ねぎら、つか.れる、ねぎら.う (rousuru, itawaru, itazuki, negira, tsukareru, negirau). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 力 (no. 19).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロウ	rou
Kun’yomi	ろう.する	rousuru
Kun’yomi	いたわ.る	itawaru
Kun’yomi	いた.ずき	itazuki
Kun’yomi	ねぎら	negira
Kun’yomi	つか.れる	tsukareru
Kun’yomi	ねぎら.う	negirau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 力 (Kangxi radical 19). Components: 尚・力・冖.

Words using 労

苦労くろうtrouble労働ろうどうlaborご苦労様ごくろうさまthank you (for your hard work)過労かろうoverwork勤労きんろうlabor労力ろうりょくlabour疲労ひろうfatigue

Example sentences

せっかくの苦労もあだになった。

All my pains went for nothing.

Tatoeba #214040

むかしのような激しい日雇い労働はできやしない。

I can't work as hard as I used to.

Tatoeba #194900

ご苦労様でした。

Thank you for your trouble.

Tatoeba #217173

Kanji with the same radical

力動務加勝勢助効努募勤功勉勧励勇

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