捞 — Chinese character
捞
lāo
to dredge up; to fish for; to scoop out of the water
- Pinyin
- lāo
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 扌 劳
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 劳
- Traditional
- 撈
Common words with 捞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捕捞 (捕撈) | bǔ lāo | to fish for (aquatic animals and plants); to catch |
| 打捞 (打撈) | dǎ lāo | to salvage; to dredge |
| 捞钱 (撈錢) | lāo qián | lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means |
| 捞取 (撈取) | lāo qǔ | to dredge up; to scoop up from the water; to fish for; to gain (by improper means) |
| 大海捞针 (大海撈針) | dà hǎi lāo zhēn | lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) |
| 渔捞 (漁撈) | yú lāo | fishing (as a commercial activity) |
| 捞一把 (撈一把) | lāo yī bǎ | to profiteer; to gain some underhand advantage |
| 海底捞月 (海底撈月) | hǎi dǐ lāo yuè | see 水中捞月 (shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè); (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round |
| 海底捞针 (海底撈針) | hǎi dǐ lāo zhēn | see 大海捞针 (dà hǎi lāo zhēn) |
| 捞油水 (撈油水) | lāo yóu shuǐ | (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means) |
| 捞什子 (撈什子) | lāo shí zi | encumbrance; burden |
| 捞外快 (撈外快) | lāo wài kuài | to make extra money |
English words written with 捞
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.