勞

See also: 劳 and 労

Translingual

Han character

勞 (radical 19 力+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火火月大尸 (FFBKS), four-corner 9942₇, composition ⿱⿱⿰火火冖力)

1. labour, toil, do manual labour
2. a surname

References

• KangXi: page 148, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2410
• Dae Jaweon: page 335, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 376, character 17
• Unihan data for U+52DE

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Chinese

		-
trad.		勞
simp.		劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láo, lào (lao², lao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ, ㄌㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (勞, reconstructed)
Character (勞), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 魯刀切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɑu/	/lɑu/	/lɑu/	/lɑu/	/law/	/lɑu/	/lɑu/
Character (勞), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 郎到切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɑuH/	/lɑuH/	/lɑuH/	/lɑuH/	/lawH/	/lɑuH/	/lɑuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (勞, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
勞								láo								‹ law ›								/*[r]ˤaw/								toil
勞								lào								‹ lawH ›								/*[r]ˤaw-s/								to reward for toil
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
勞					7647					勞					宵					1					勞					/*raːw/
勞					7657					勞					宵					1					嫪					/*raːws/

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Japanese

Kanji

勞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 労)

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Readings

• On: ろう (rō)
• Kun: ねぎらう (negirau), つかれる (tsukareru), いたわる (itawaru)

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Korean

Hanja

勞 (ro) (hangeul 로, revised ro, McCune-Reischauer ro)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勞 (lao, lau, lạo, rạo)

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