yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
劳

劳 láo

“labor, toil, do manual work”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese lou4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Lawrencium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
劳 láo
=
铹 láo · Lr 103

Transliterates syllable 1 of law·ren·cium: lawrencium → láo.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.