lào

inundate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

劳 sound component

  Sound component

láo

  

labor

Evolution

涝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涝 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
涝 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lào

inundate, flood; torrent; flooded

Most common words with 涝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洪涝

flood

flooded

排涝

to drain flooded fields

内涝

waterlogged

旱涝保收

to bring a stable income