勞

See also: 劳 and 労
勞 U+52DE, 勞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52DE
← 勝
[U+52DD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 募 →
[U+52DF]
勞 U+F92F, 勞
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F92F
← 冷
[U+F92E] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 擄 →
[U+F930]

Translingual

Traditional 勞
Shinjitai 労
Simplified 劳

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): abbreviated 熒 (“shine”) + 力 (“strength”).

Etymology 1

trad. 勞
simp. 劳
alternative forms 労

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • le5 - vernacular;
  • lao5 - literary.
Rime
Character 勞
Reading # 1/2
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		láo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勞
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		láo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ law ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[r]ˁaw/
English 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 勞
Reading # 1/2
No. 7647
Phonetic
component
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*raːw/
Definitions

勞

  1. to toil; to do manual labour
  2. (polite) to trouble; to disturb
  3. fatigued; tired
  4. labour; toil; work
  5. meritorious deed
  6. labourer; worker
  7. Used in transcription.
    帕勞／帕劳  ―  Pàláo  ―  Palau
    斯勞／斯劳  ―  Sīláo  ―  Slough
    勞倫斯／劳伦斯  ―  Láolúnsī  ―  Lawrence
    克勞斯／克劳斯  ―  Kèláosī  ―  Klaus
    麥當勞／麦当劳  ―  Màidāngláo  ―  McDonald's
  8. a surname
    勞崇光／劳崇光  ―  Láo Chóngguāng  ―  Lao Chongguang (Viceroy of Liangguang 1859–1862)
Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 勞
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 郎到切
Baxter lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lawH/
Li
Rong 		/lɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/lɑuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勞
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lào
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lawH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[r]ˁaw-s/
English 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 勞
Reading # 2/2
No. 7657
Phonetic
component
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		嫪
Old
Chinese 		/*raːws/
Definitions

勞

  1. to encourage; to console
    唁勞／唁劳  ―  yànláo  ―  to offer condolences
Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 勞
simp. 劳
alternative forms 撈／捞

From English Rolex. Orthography from 勞力士／劳力士.

Pronunciation

Definitions

勞

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Rolex watch (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Japanese

Shinjitai

労

Kyūjitai

勞

Kanji

勞

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 労)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)
  • Kun: いたずき (itazuki, 勞き)、いたわる (itawaru, 勞る)、つかれる (tsukareru, 勞れる)、ねぎらう (negirau, 勞う)

Korean

Hanja

勞 (eumhun 일할 로 (ilhal ro), word-initial (South Korea) 일할 노 (ilhal no))

  1. hanja form? of 로/노 (“work”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

勞: Hán Nôm readings: lao, lau, lạo, rạo

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