懂中文 Dong Chinese

捞

lāo

scoop out of water

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 劳 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撈.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

劳 sound component

劳  Sound component

láo

  

labor

Evolution

捞 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
捞 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

捞 (撈) 

lāo

scoop out of water; dredge, fish; to fish up; to dredge up

Most common words with 捞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

捞

to fish up

打捞

to salvage

捕捞

to catch

大海捞针

lit. to fish a needle from the sea

捞钱

lit. to dredge for money