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勞

勞

勞 U+52DE, 勞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52DE
← 勝
[U+52DD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 募 →
[U+52DF]
See also: 劳

Translingual

Traditional 勞
Shinjitai 労
Simplified 劳

Han character

勞 (radical 19 力+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火火月大尸 (FFBKS), four-corner 99427, composition ⿱𤇾力)

References

  • KangXi: page 148, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2410
  • Dae Jaweon: page 335, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 376, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+52DE

Chinese

trad. 勞
simp. 劳
alt. forms 労

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 1

Rime
Character 勞
Reading # 1/2
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
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勞
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 láo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ law ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˤaw/
English toil

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勞
Reading # 1/2
No. 7647
Phonetic
component		 勞
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 勞
Old
Chinese		 /*raːw/

Definitions

勞

  1. to toil; to do manual labour
  2. (polite) to trouble; to disturb
  3. fatigued; tired
  4. labour; toil; work
  5. meritorious deed
  6. labourer; worker
  7. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 勞
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 郎到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lawH/
Li
Rong		 /lɑuH/
Wang
Li		 /lɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勞
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lawH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˤaw-s/
English to reward for toil

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勞
Reading # 2/2
No. 7657
Phonetic
component		 勞
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 嫪
Old
Chinese		 /*raːws/

Definitions

勞

  1. to encourage; to console
    唁勞 / 唁劳  ―  yànláo  ―  to offer condolences

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

勞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 労)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

勞 • ‎(ro>no) (hangeul 로>노)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勞 (lao, lau, lạo, rạo)

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