潦 — Chinese character
潦
lǎo
to flood; puddle; dejected, careless
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 氵 尞
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 尞
- Japanese
- 潦 as a kanji
Common words with 潦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潦倒 | liáo dǎo | down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated |
| 潦草 | liáo cǎo | slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible |
| 穷困潦倒 (窮困潦倒) | qióng kùn liáo dǎo | (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope |
| 穷愁潦倒 (窮愁潦倒) | qióng chóu liáo dǎo | impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless |
| 贫穷潦倒 (貧窮潦倒) | pín qióng liáo dǎo | destitute; poverty-stricken |
English words written with 潦
潦 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
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.