劳 — Chinese character
劳
láo
to labor, to toil; to do manual work
- Pinyin
- láo
- Radical
- 19 ⼒ (Power)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 艹 冖 力
- Formation
- ideographic — A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 艹
- Traditional
- 勞
Common words with 劳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 劳动力 (勞動力) | láo dòng lì | labor force; manpower |
| 劳工 (勞工) | láo gōng | labor; laborer |
| 劳动者 (勞動者) | láo dòng zhě | worker; laborer |
| 劳务 (勞務) | láo wù | service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services") |
| 勤劳 (勤勞) | qín láo | hardworking; industrious; diligent |
| 疲劳 (疲勞) | pí láo | fatigue; wearily |
| 功劳 (功勞) | gōng láo | contribution; meritorious service |
| 劳力 (勞力) | láo lì | labor; able-bodied worker |
| 劳资 (勞資) | láo zī | labor and capital; workers and capitalists |
| 效劳 (效勞) | xiào láo | to serve (in some capacity); to work for |
| 劳教 (勞教) | láo jiào | reeducation through labor |
English words written with 劳
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.