潦

lǎo · liáo

flooded · heavy rain

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 15

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深没活洋

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Character Decomposition

潦=氵+尞

Etymology

water

Meanings2 pronunciations

lǎo

flooded

heavy rain

liáo

used in 潦草 liáo cǎo

used in 潦倒 liáo dǎo

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Words with 潦 50 total

down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated潦倒liáo dǎo slipshod; careless; slovenly · (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible潦草liáo cǎo impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless穷愁潦倒qióng chóu liáo dǎo (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope穷困潦倒qióng kùn liáo dǎo destitute; poverty-stricken贫穷潦倒pín qióng liáo dǎo

Idioms with 潦 7 total Chain

impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless穷愁潦倒qióng chóu liáo dǎo (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope穷困潦倒qióng kùn liáo dǎo

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