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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- lao4
- English meanings
- flooded
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 劳.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
劳 is identified as the sound component (láo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 涝.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
labor; work
chatter
maternal grandmother
to fish up
iron; brand
firm
old
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