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flood

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
lào
ロウ
おおなみ
로
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 勞 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (澇)
氵 water (drops)+ 勞 labor =
澇 flood
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
勞 Phonetic component
labor
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Simplified (涝)
氵 water (drops)+ 劳 manual =
涝 inundate
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
劳 Phonetic component
láo manual
labor, toil, do manual work
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
涝
Regular
Modern
Chinese
涝 / 澇 [lào]
flooded
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
洪涝 [hóng​lào] #62,146
flood
排涝 [pái​lào] #31,920
to drain flooded fields
内涝 [nèi​lào] #38,786
waterlogged
旱涝保收 [hàn​lào​bǎo​shōu] #40,570
to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood
抗涝 [kàng​lào] #62,802
defenses against floods