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労 means 'labor'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 598   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-14    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 28    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 117 words   Used in 258 words   Used in 100 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ロウ
Additional readings
Kun    ねぎら   ろうする   いたわる   いたずき   つかれる   ねぎらう
Variants
劳   勞  
Components
⿱  龸 classroom  力 effort  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 労 is used 6 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 労 is used 255 times, read 4 ways.
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ロウ : 250 words FIND ALL
ろ う ど う 0
1. manual labor; manual labour; toil; work
2. Labour Party  (see also: 労働党; abbreviation)
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ねぎら : 2 words FIND ALL
ね ぎ ら う 3
Most common form: ねぎらう
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to thank for; to reward for  (often written with kana only)
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いたわる : 2 words FIND ALL
い た わ る 3
Most common form: いたわる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to treat with sympathy; to console; to be kind to; to appreciate  (often written with kana only)
2. to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse; to soothe  (often written with kana only)
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いたずき : 1 word FIND ALL
heartrending; pitiful
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An additional 3 less common words include 労 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 639 (originally: 610)  Joy o' Kanji : 610  Key to Kanji: 1091 

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労
ロウ    labor   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
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