Read Edit View history Discussion 勞 láo labor Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the hard work of sewing clothes (衣) with only firelight (炏). Later the 力 (strength, power) component was added. Pinyin Separate values with commas láo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 劳 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 勞 Simp strokes 勞 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 勞 Simp strokes 勞 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 勞 Simp strokes 勞 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 勞 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 220, 729 ], [ 268, 683 ], [ 282, 643 ] ], [ [ 501, 760 ], [ 475, 767 ], [ 403, 716 ], [ 396, 700 ] ], [ [ 331, 836 ], [ 367, 810 ], [ 369, 735 ], [ 355, 644 ], [ 339, 603 ], [ 309, 554 ], [ 265, 509 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Q 275 489 327 550 Q 378 607 388 696 L 389 712 Z", "M 410 575 Q 449 532 460 531 Q 469 531 473 541 Q 477 551 473 575 Q 467 593 409 613 Q 397 616 392 614 Q 388 613 388 602 Q 391 593 410 575 Z", "M 506 692 Q 521 658 542 645 Q 552 641 560 649 Q 567 658 567 670 Q 566 688 555 699 Q 525 726 502 722 Q 498 721 497 712 Q 497 705 506 692 Z", "M 645 708 Q 714 735 741 746 Q 759 756 780 761 Q 799 765 794 782 Q 785 798 766 814 Q 750 829 738 829 Q 728 829 729 818 Q 729 796 668 746 Q 658 739 648 729 C 626 708 617 697 645 708 Z", "M 631 656 Q 632 659 633 660 Q 640 684 645 708 L 648 729 Q 648 736 649 743 Q 652 812 661 832 Q 667 850 652 856 Q 610 883 584 871 Q 572 865 580 853 Q 610 814 595 696 Q 574 588 481 514 Q 471 504 482 503 Q 530 509 582 570 Q 612 603 626 640 L 631 656 Z", "M 626 640 Q 629 636 634 632 Q 677 602 731 558 Q 747 543 760 541 Q 767 541 772 550 Q 781 563 765 598 Q 750 631 691 645 Q 652 654 631 656 C 610 658 610 658 626 640 Z", "M 211 444 Q 199 468 188 476 Q 169 492 166 464 Q 172 421 109 348 Q 88 324 117 266 Q 136 241 153 268 Q 171 295 184 334 Q 199 382 213 412 C 220 427 220 427 211 444 Z", "M 213 412 Q 240 397 291 409 Q 444 451 723 470 Q 775 474 792 470 Q 808 466 806 456 Q 807 449 800 440 Q 764 371 767 368 Q 776 364 796 374 Q 857 402 905 408 Q 945 412 945 423 Q 944 435 869 499 Q 848 518 820 518 Q 406 470 345 460 Q 278 450 212 445 Q 211 445 211 444 C 181 440 184 421 213 412 Z", "M 494 272 Q 546 282 594 286 Q 619 287 623 280 Q 633 262 624 219 Q 605 98 573 45 Q 552 11 523 18 Q 504 22 489 28 Q 462 38 480 11 Q 514 -35 527 -67 Q 548 -92 569 -73 Q 603 -51 630 -9 Q 660 40 687 196 Q 696 251 717 276 Q 730 289 725 301 Q 715 314 661 340 Q 639 350 619 337 Q 592 324 505 305 L 439 293 Q 357 280 287 278 Q 269 277 266 269 Q 265 260 288 248 Q 312 232 333 238 Q 384 251 431 259 L 494 272 Z", "M 431 259 Q 379 69 213 -8 Q 195 -18 178 -28 Q 163 -35 176 -40 Q 239 -46 327 16 Q 378 47 405 88 Q 459 172 484 243 Q 488 258 494 272 L 505 305 Q 512 333 529 354 Q 542 372 526 383 Q 483 426 453 420 Q 438 417 443 401 Q 453 371 439 293 L 431 259 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.