Read Edit View history Discussion 撈 lāoláo HSK7 scoop out of water Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 ChineseZhengzhangraːwreːw Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 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