撈

See also: 捞

Translingual

Traditional	撈
Shinjitai (extended)	𢭐
Simplified	捞

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		撈
simp.		捞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (勞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
勞	*raːw, *raːws
撈	*raːw, *reːw
嘮	*ruːw, *hr'aːw
癆	*raːw, *raːw, *raːws
簩	*raːw
蟧	*raːw, *reːw
憥	*raːw
澇	*raːwʔ, *raːws
僗	*raːws
髝	*raːws
膋	*reːw
犖	*rraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːw, *reːw) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lāo, láo (lao¹, lao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠ, ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laau⁴ / laau¹ / lou⁴ / lou¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): lău / lò̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘ / hô͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹lau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lao
    • Wade–Giles: lao¹
    • Yale: lāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhau
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²
    • Yale: láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/

Note: láo - regional Mandarin for “to scoop up”, also used in 撈什子.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laau⁴ / laau¹ / lou⁴ / lou¹
    • Yale: làauh / lāau / lòuh / lōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laau⁴ / laau¹ / lou⁴ / lou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lao⁴ / lao¹ / lou⁴ / lou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːu̯²¹/, /laːu̯⁵⁵/, /lou̯²¹/, /lou̯⁵⁵/

Note:

• laau4 - common for “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”;
• laau1 - “northern Chinese”, also variant for “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”;
• lou4 - uncommon literary variant for “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”;
• lou1 - “to mix; to earn a living”, also rare variant for “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lău / lò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃au⁵⁵/, /l̃o⁵³/

Note:

• lău - “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”;
• lò̤ - “to take out noodles or vegetables cooked in boiling water”.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
    • Tâi-lô: lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: looi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³/

Note: hô͘ - semantic reading for “to scoop up”.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹lau
    • MiniDict: 'lau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: law

Rime
Character	撈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯刀切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːw/, /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撈	撈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7648	7664
Phonetic component	勞	勞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	勞	聊
Old Chinese	/*raːw/	/*reːw/
Notes	見通俗文	見方言

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撈

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

   把金魚撈出來／把金鱼捞出来  ―  bǎ jīnyú lāo chūlái  ―  to scoop a goldfish out

2. (dialectal) to grab; to take up
3. (figurative) to gain by improper means
4. (Cantonese) to mix
5. (Cantonese) to earn a living
6. (Cantonese, derogatory, from 撈鬆) non-Cantonese person; out-of-towner; northern Chinese

Descendants

• → Zhuang: lauz

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	𢭐
Kyūjitai	撈

Kanji

撈

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

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan’yō-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: とる (toru, 撈る); すくいあげ (sukuiage)

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Korean

Hanja

撈 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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