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Kotomora

撈

catch fish

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ロウ
  • リョウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

撈 centers on the action of scooping or dragging to catch fish from water.

Most common words using 撈

  • 河底撈魚ホーテイラオユイ

    win on the last discard of a round

  • 海底撈月かいていろうげつ

    totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

  • 海底撈月ハイテイラオユエ

    haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall

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Etymology

撈 combines 扌 (hand) with 勞, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of labor or effort, suggesting the manual work of catching fish.

Meaning mnemonic

The hand radical 扌 beside 勞 (labor) shows the effort of using one's hands to scoop fish from the water.

Reading mnemonic

For ロウ, imagine a fisherman rowing a boat while scooping fish: row -> ロウ, and the hand 扌 does the labor 勞 of catching fish.