澇
lào HSK7

inundate

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 勞 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

勞
勞 Sound component
láo labor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːwʔ
raːws

說文解字

水。出扶風鄠，北入渭。从水勞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

涝 lào, láo inundate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 劳 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澇.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

劳
劳 Sound component
láo labor

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode