1. 牢

牢

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  1. 牢 is the 1694th most frequent character.
  2. 牢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 牢 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 牢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
牢 => 宀, 牛
Radical :
牢 => 宀 (roof), 牛 (cow)
Graphical :
牢 => 冖, 丶, 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao2 - firm/sturdy/fold (for animals)/sacrifice/prison

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

牢 
牢骚 (牢騷)

Medium Frequency

地牢 
坐牢 
套牢 
牢固 
牢房 
牢牢 
牢笼 (牢籠)
牢记 (牢記)
发牢骚 (發牢騷)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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