The story of 牢

prison, sturdy

牢 depicts a cow(牛) confined in a house, a cow is so big that it need to be toggled when being put in a house, so 牢 is used to describe something which is or confined.

Vocabulary of 牢

  • 地牢 (dungeon)
  • 牢房 (a prison cell)
  • 牢騷 (grouse)
  • 牢記 (remember well)

Classification

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