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涝

lào

Character Traditional 澇

What 涝 means

1. flooded

Words containing 涝

• 内涝nèi làowaterlogged
• 抗涝kàng làodefenses against floods
• 排涝pái làoto drain flooded fields
• 洪涝hóng làoflood; inundation; flooding
• 旱涝保收hàn lào bǎo shōuto provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood; to bring a stable income

Characters built on 劳

These share the phonetic component 劳 (láo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 唠láoused in 唠叨
• 崂láoname of a mountain in Shandong
• 痨láotuberculosis
• 铹láolawrencium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 涝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 浸jìnto immerse; to soak; to steep
• 淆xiáoconfused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. yáo
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 淄zīblack; name of a river
• 莆púused in 莆田

Sounds the same

Read lào, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 乐used in place names
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