Onyomi: ロウ · Kunyomi: いた.ずき, いたわ.る, つか.れる, ねぎら, ねぎら.う, ろう.する · Meanings: labor, reward for, thank for, toil, trouble
Kanji for labor, reward for, thank for, toil, trouble
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労 is made from 力, meaning “power” or “strength,” and elements that relate to work being done. It shows strength being used over time to do tasks. From this idea of using effort and energy, 労 came to mean labor, work, or hard effort.
Using your strength to do work is 労.
When you use your power again and again, you are working. That effort is 労.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 労 | ろう | labor, labour, toil, trouble, pains, work, effort, striving | common Noun |
| 労働 | ろうどう | labor, labour, work | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 労力 | ろうりょく | labour, labor, effort, toil, trouble | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 労働組合 | ろうどうくみあい | labor union, labour union, trade union | common Noun |
| 労働基準法 | ろうどうきじゅんほう | Labor Standards Act | common Noun |
| 労働力 | ろうどうりょく | labor, labour, manpower, working force | common Noun |
| 労働争議 | ろうどうそうぎ | labor dispute, labour dispute, industrial dispute, strike | Noun |
| 労働者 | ろうどうしゃ | worker | common Noun |
| 労働条件 | ろうどうじょうけん | working conditions | common Noun |
| 労使 | ろうし | labour and management, labor and management | common Noun |