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U+6488, 撈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6488

[U+6487]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6489]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
𢭐
Simplified

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 64, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手火火尸 (QFFS), four-corner 59027, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 453, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12679
  • Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1963, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6488

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *raːw, *reːw) : semantic (hand) + phonetic (OC *raːw, *raːws).

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𠔠 “to blanch”

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • laau4 - common;
  • laau1 - common variant;
  • lou4 - uncommon literary variant;
  • lou1 - rare variant in 撈本.
Note:
  • Meixian:
    • lêu2 - “to scoop up”;
    • lau1 - “to gain by improper means”.
Note:
  • láu - “to scoop up”;
  • lāu - “to look for”.
Note:
  • lău - “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”;
  • lô̤ - “to scoop up”;
  • lò̤ - “to blanch”.
Note:
  • liao5/liou5 - vernacular;
  • lao5 - literary;
  • lao1 - variant.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/law/
Li
Rong
/lɑu/
Wang
Li
/lɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7648 7664
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːw/ /*reːw/
Notes

Definitions[edit]

  1. to dredge up; to scoop out of water; to fish for
    金魚出來金鱼出来  ―  bǎ jīnyú lāo chūlái  ―  to scoop a goldfish out
    螺絲螺丝 [Cantonese]  ―  laau4 ceot1 lap1 lo4 si1 [Jyutping]  ―  to fish out a screw
  2. (dialectal) to grab; to take up
  3. (figurative) to gain by improper means
  4. (Eastern Min) to blanch; to scald; to cook briefly in boiling water
  5. (Northern Min) to look for; to seek
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Zhuang: lauz

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. Used in 撈什子捞什子, alternative form of 勞什子劳什子 (láoshízi)

Etymology 3[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𢫘

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. (Cantonese) to mix; to stir
  2. (Cantonese) to earn a living
    外國返嚟香港搵工 [Cantonese, trad.]
    外国返嚟香港揾工 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 hai2 ngoi6 gwok3 laau4 m4 dim6, jiu3 faan1 lai4 hoeng1 gong2 wan2 gung1. [Jyutping]
    He couldn't make a living in foreign countries and had to come back to Hong Kong for a job.
    劈炮劈炮 [Cantonese]  ―  pek3 paau3 m4 laau4 [Jyutping]  ―  to quit a job
  3. (Cantonese) to want
  4. (Cantonese) to tease

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

trad.
simp.

From 撈鬆捞松 (laau1 sung1).

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

  1. (Cantonese, derogatory) non-Cantonese Chinese; northern Chinese; Mandarin-speaking Chinese
    東北东北 [Cantonese]  ―  dung1 bak1 laau1 [Jyutping]  ―  Northeasterner

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms
⿰布瓜

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Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. (Hokkien) to dredge up; to scoop out of water; to fish for

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
(extended)

𢭐

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𢭐)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(ro>no) (hangeul >, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: lau, lao, lạo, trau

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