Chinese Character 劳 Meanings and components.

Form

劳

Meaning

劳 meaning[3] in English

To Toil.

Labor.

Laborer.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 劳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and surname Li (力)

Its radical[1] is: 力 (li4) which means: Surname Li, .力li4surname Li

In cangjie it is written with TBKS

How to write 劳

To write劳lao2to toil you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 力li4surname Li arranged in a 冖 shape:

艹 + 力 = 劳

劳 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 劳 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 劳, looks as follow:

劳
Pinyin:lao2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: To Toil . Labor . Laborer . To Put Sb To Trouble (Of Doing Sth) . Meritorious Deed . To Console (Taiwan Pr. [Lao4] For This Sense)
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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