Question

牢 かた.い, ひとや 0 2472 (none) "For a cow used to free-grazing, being stuck in a house is equivalent to being in jail."

Accepted Answer

ロウ prison, jail, hardness S+ 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40)牛: cow jail "Looking at the kanji 家, keeping pigs in the house was normal. But, if you instead kept a cow in the house, you would be sent to jail."

Kanji	牢
Onyomi	ロウ
Kunyomi	かた.い, ひとや
English	prison, jail, hardness
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S+
Frequency	2472
Components	宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 牛: cow
Traditional Form	(none)
Keyword	jail
Koohii Story 1	"For a cow used to free-grazing, being stuck in a house is equivalent to being in jail."
Koohii Story 2	"Looking at the kanji 家, keeping pigs in the house was normal. But, if you instead kept a cow in the house, you would be sent to jail."

Cow House Jail 牢 ロウ かた.い ひとや Prison

Cow House Jail 牢ロウかた.いひとや Prison