捕捞
bǔ​lāo

fish

捕 bǔ catch, seize

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbaːs
Unicodebhò

說文解字

《說文》：“捕，取也。从手，甫聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

捞 lāo scoop out of water Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 劳 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撈.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

劳
劳 Sound component
láo labor

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

撈 lāo scoop out of water Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

勞
勞 Sound component
láo labor

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːw
reːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang