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涝

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flooded

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Strokes
10
Radical
水 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
澇
Common rank
#3,702
Unicode
U+6D9D

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Formation & memory

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How 涝 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 劳 sound ( láo )

Components 氵 劳

Words with 涝

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WordPinyinMeaning
旱涝保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood; to bring a stable income
内涝 nèi lào waterlogged
排涝 pái lào to drain flooded fields
抗涝 kàng lào defenses against floods
洪涝 hóng lào flood; inundation; flooding
耐涝 nài lào waterlogging tolerant

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 劳 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
劳 sound part láo to labor, to toil; to do manual work
捞 lāo to dredge up; to fish for; to scoop out of the water
痨 láo tuberculosis
唠 lào to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk
崂 láo Laoshan, a mountain in Shandong
耢 lào a kind of farm tool
铹 láo lawrencium