lào
inundate
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 勞 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 澇
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
flood | ||
flooded | ||
to drain flooded fields | ||
waterlogged | ||
to bring a stable income |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4179th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6F87 |
Shuowen | “澇,水。出扶風鄠,北入渭。从水,勞聲。” |
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