劳
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(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed; (bound form) fatigue; to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth); (bound form) to express appreciation for sb's efforts (Taiwan pr. [lao4])
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Dict coverage rank #490 U+52B3
How 劳 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 艹
How to remember it
labor · Heisig RSH #868
greenhouse + 力 power
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 劳 as their sound component
These characters all use 劳 (láo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳 sound component | láo | to labor, to toil; to do manual work |
| 捞 | lāo | to dredge up; to fish for; to scoop out of the water |
| 痨 | láo | tuberculosis |
| 涝 | lào | to inundate, to flood; torrent |
| 唠 | lào | to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk |
| 崂 | láo | Laoshan, a mountain in Shandong |
| 耢 | lào | a kind of farm tool |
| 铹 | láo | lawrencium |
Words containing 劳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉文克劳 | Lā wén kè láo | Ravenclaw (Harry Potter) |
| 体力劳动 | tǐ lì láo dòng | physical labor |
| 劳动人民 | láo dòng rén mín | working people; the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past |
| 克劳斯 | Kè láo sī | Claus or Klaus (name) |
| 劳动合同 | láo dòng hé tong | labor contract; contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions |
| 劳动力 | láo dòng lì | labor force; manpower |
| 多劳多得 | duō láo duō dé | work more and get more |
| 生产劳动 | shēng chǎn láo dòng | productive labor |
| 克劳德 | Kè láo dé | Claude (name) |
| 半劳动力 | bàn láo dòng lì | one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker |
| 劳动能力 | láo dòng néng lì | ability to work |
| 劳动者 | láo dòng zhě | worker; laborer |
| 劳动报 | Láo dòng Bào | Trud (Russian newspaper) |
| 脑力劳动 | nǎo lì láo dòng | mental labor; intellectual work |
| 劳动节 | Láo dòng jié | International Labor Day (May Day) |
| 能者多劳 | néng zhě duō láo | (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the… |
| 眼过劳 | yǎn guò láo | eye strain |
| 劳心 | láo xīn | to work with one's brains; to rack one's brains; to worry |
| 国际劳动节 | Guó jì Láo dòng Jié | May Day; International Labor Day (May 1) |
| 劳力士 | Láo lì shì | Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand) |