to fish up / to dredge up

= + : The hardworking laborer (劳) is dredging (捞) up the floor in front of the aorta (ao1) with a toy claw (扌) when suddenly he fishes (捞) the skeleton of Sir Lancelot (l) out of the dirt.

捞 character breakdown

to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed / to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a very hardworking laborer from the 劳动人民.

A laborer worked very hard to outfit the aorta's kitchen with artificial lawn and an electrically movable sunshade made from a cooking top. As he finishes he is overjoyed to play with the sunshade, having it move up and down, to and fro in crazy ways. As Lancelot enters, Lancelot pushes the off button and gives the laborer an upset look, asking without using words what nonsense he's doing.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 捞 as component

捞 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 捞

to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch
to profiteer / to gain some underhand advantage
(coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
to dredge up; to scoop up from the water / to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
to fish for / to seek profit (by improper means)
to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings
(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance
sea rescue service / lifeboat service
lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / a hopeless endeavor
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
see 水中撈月|水中捞月[shui3 zhong1 lao1 yue4]
see 大海撈針|大海捞针[da4 hai3 lao1 zhen1]
fishing (as a commercial activity)

Sentences with 捞

捞 currently does not appear in any sentence.