Read Edit View history Discussion 牢 láo HSK6 prison Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an animal, such as a cow (牛), trapped around an animal's fence (宀). Pinyin Separate values with commas láo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Originally a pictograph of an animal pen. Later reanalyzed as 宀 (roof). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 牢 Simp strokes 牢 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 牢 Simp strokes 牢 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 牢 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 451, 850 ], [ 534, 801 ], [ 556, 764 ] ], [ [ 257, 685 ], [ 268, 653 ], [ 266, 631 ], [ 220, 541 ], [ 216, 491 ] ], [ [ 300, 654 ], [ 310, 643 ], [ 336, 643 ], [ 510, 677 ], [ 753, 704 ], [ 789, 683 ], [ 801, 660 ], [ 731, 576 ], [ 720, 573 ] ], [ [ 352, 542 ], [ 380, 507 ], [ 367, 463 ], [ 321, 381 ], [ 278, 336 ] ], [ [ 388, 434 ], [ 405, 440 ], [ 425, 437 ], [ 514, 447 ], [ 648, 479 ], [ 693, 480 ], [ 706, 474 ] ], [ [ 212, 254 ], [ 270, 244 ], [ 461, 274 ], [ 786, 306 ], [ 874, 284 ] ], [ [ 497, 619 ], [ 539, 582 ], [ 543, 559 ], [ 531, -52 ] ] ], "strokes": [ 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640 513 570 486 L 511 471 Q 456 461 394 456 C 364 453 353 445 380 431 Q 420 407 497 421 Q 503 422 511 423 L 569 433 Z", "M 565 262 Q 619 268 858 267 Q 882 267 887 277 Q 894 290 874 307 Q 814 352 769 344 Q 690 328 566 309 L 509 301 Q 373 285 215 266 Q 190 263 208 243 Q 224 227 246 220 Q 271 213 290 219 Q 387 244 497 255 Q 501 256 508 255 L 565 262 Z", "M 508 -19 Q 514 -47 521 -57 Q 527 -64 535 -62 Q 550 -53 559 12 Q 565 64 565 262 L 566 309 Q 566 363 569 433 L 570 486 Q 570 525 583 577 Q 587 596 571 607 Q 537 631 519 634 Q 506 640 488 630 Q 478 621 486 609 Q 507 557 510 546 Q 510 510 511 471 L 511 423 Q 510 368 509 301 L 508 255 Q 501 57 508 -19 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit 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