labor, work
On'yomi (音読み)
- ロウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ろ.う
- いたわ.る
About this kanji
The kanji 「労」 primarily means labor or work. It is often used as a noun, but can also appear in verbs with the reading いたわ.る, which means to take care of or to show consideration for someone’s hard work. Common compounds include 労働 (ろうどう), which refers to labor or work itself, 労力 (ろうりょく), meaning effort or strain put into tasks, and 労害 (ろうがい), which indicates injuries caused by labor. It’s important to note that this kanji conveys a sense of effort and the physical or mental toll that work can take on individuals.
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Example sentences
労働は尊いです。
Labor is precious.
Meanings across languages
- English
- labor, work
- Tiếng Việt
- lao động, công việc
- 日本語
- 労働, 労苦
- 한국어
- 노역, 근무
- 中文
- 劳动, 工作
- id
- pekerjaan, kerja
- th
- แรงงาน, งาน
- es
- trabajo, trabajo
- fr
- travail, travail
- de
- Arbeit, Arbeit
- pt
- trabalho, trabalho
Common compounds
- 労働ろうどうlabor, work
- 労力ろうりょくeffort, labor
- 労害ろうがいlabor injury, work-related injury
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