Chinese Character 捞 Meanings and components.

Form

捞

Meaning

捞 meaning[3] in English

To Fish Up.

To Dredge Up.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 捞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to toil (劳)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QTBS

How to write 捞

To write捞lao1to fish … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 劳lao2to toil arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 劳 = 捞

捞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捞
Pinyin:lao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Fish Up . To Dredge Up
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
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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