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Kanji Information Sheet for 労 ( 
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| English: labor thank for reward for toil trouble | On-Yomi: ロウ | Kun-Yomi: ろう.する いたわ.る いた.ずき ねぎら つか.れる ねぎら.う |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 力 (ちから) – strong
Henshall Mnemonic: labor with effort under ornate roof
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #398 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #398 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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JLPT N3 Words
- 苦労 [くろう]
(adj-na,n,vs) troubles; hardships [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働 [ろうどう]
(n) manual labor; toil; work [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 労力 [ろうりょく]
(n) labour; effort; toil; trouble [K] [D] [Jisho] - 過労 [かろう]
(n) overwork; strain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労る [いたわる]
(v5r) to pity; to sympathize with; to console; to care for; to be kind to [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勤労 [きんろう]
(n) labor; exertion; diligent service [K] [D] [Jisho] - 疲労 [ひろう]
(n,vs) fatigue; weariness [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 労務 [ろうむ]
(n) labor; work; service [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労連 [ろうれん]
(n) labour union [K] [D] [Jisho] - 徒労 [とろう]
(n) fruitless effort; abortive scheme [K] [D] [Jisho] - 心労 [しんろう]
(n) anxiety; worry; fear [K] [D] [Jisho] - 就労 [しゅうろう]
(n) actual work [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国労 [こくろう]
National Railway Workers Union [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労 [ろう]
(n,vs) labor; toil; trouble; striving; putting (someone) to work; thanking (someone for their efforts); comforting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労災 [ろうさい]
(n) workers' compensation insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労作 [ろうさく]
(n) toil; labor; laborious task [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労使 [ろうし]
(n) labour and management [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労組 [ろうくみ]
(n) (abbr) labor union [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労相 [ろうしょう]
(n) Labor Minister [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勤労者 [きんろうしゃ]
(n) worker [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働運動 [ろうどううんどう]
labour movement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 功労 [こうろう]
(n) meritorious deed; services [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働基準法 [ろうどうきじゅんほう]
(n) Labor Standards Act [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働者 [ろうどうしゃ]
(n) labourer; worker; workman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働省 [ろうどうしょう]
Ministry of Labor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働条件 [ろうどうじょうけん]
working conditions [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働組合 [ろうどうくみあい]
labor union [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働党 [ろうどうとう]
(n) Labour Party [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.