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撈
撈
See also: 捞
Translingual
| Traditional | 撈 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai (extended) |
𢭐 |
| Simplified | 捞 |
Han character
撈 (radical 64 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手火火尸 (QFFS), four-corner 59027, composition ⿰扌勞)
References
- KangXi: page 453, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12679
- Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1963, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6488
Chinese
| trad. | 撈 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 捞 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (勞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 勞 | *raːw, *raːws |
| 撈 | *raːw, *reːw |
| 嘮 | *ruːw, *hr'aːw |
| 癆 | *raːw, *raːw, *raːws |
| 簩 | *raːw |
| 蟧 | *raːw, *reːw |
| 憥 | *raːw |
| 澇 | *raːwʔ, *raːws |
| 僗 | *raːws |
| 髝 | *raːws |
| 膋 | *reːw |
| 犖 | *rraːwɢ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): laau4, laau1, lou1, lou4
- Min Dong (BUC): lău / lò̤
- Wu (Wiktionary): 'lau (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠ
- Wade-Giles: lao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhau
- IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: lao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
- IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
- Note: láo - regional Mandarin for “to scoop up”, also used in 撈什子.
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: laau4, laau1, lou1, lou4
- Yale: làauh, lāau, lōu, lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: laau4, laau1, lou1, lou4
- IPA (key): /lɑːu̯²¹/, /lɑːu̯⁵⁵/, /lou̯⁵⁵/, /lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lău / lò̤
- IPA (key): /l̃au⁵⁵/, /l̃o⁵³/
- Note: lău - “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”; lò̤ - “to take out noodles or vegetables cooked in boiling water”.
- (Fuzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 'lau (T1)
- IPA (key): /ʔlɔ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 撈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 魯刀切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/law/ |
| Li Rong |
/lɑu/ |
| Wang Li |
/lɑu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
láo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 撈 | 撈 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7648 | 7664 |
| Phonetic component |
勞 | 勞 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
勞 | 聊 |
| Old Chinese |
/*raːw/ | /*reːw/ |
| Notes | 見通俗文 | 見方言 |
Definitions
撈
- to dredge up; to scoop out of water; to fish for
- (dialectal) to grab; to take up
- (Cantonese) to mix evenly; to mix thoroughly
- (figuratively) to gain by improper means
- (Cantonese) to earn a living
- (Cantonese, pejorative, from 撈鬆) non-Cantonese person; out-of-towner; northern Chinese
Compounds
Derived terms from 撈
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Japanese
Kanji
撈
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𢭐)
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