Ideographic: A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 艹Radical:

meaning for láo:

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

meaning for lào:

  • - to console