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láo HSK5

labor

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 17, 2021, 03:28 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 17, 2021, 03:28 AM

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Simplified form of 勞. Depicts the hard work of sewing clothes (衣) with only firelight (炏). Later the 力 (strength, power) component was added.

Components

艹
艹 Simplified component

Shorthand for the 炏 (flame) component in the traditional character 勞.

衣
衣 IconicRemnant component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 衣 than it was in ancient scripts.
力
力 Meaning component

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode