U+635E "捞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+635E "捞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to fish up," "to dredge," or "to scoop out," often from water or a liquid medium. In modern usage, it can also carry extended meanings such as "to gain by improper means" or "to take advantage of a situation," reflecting its application in both literal and figurative contexts. Pronounced as "lāo" in Mandarin, it is composed of the radical for hand and the phonetic component "劳," linking it to actions involving the hand. This character is commonly used in everyday language, appearing in words like "打捞" meaning "to salvage" or "to retrieve," and is an integral part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph set, which standardizes East Asian script in digital systems.