疲劳 (pí láo)

Character breakdown

• 疲 (pí) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

• 劳 (láo) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 勞. Depicts the hard work of sewing clothes (衣) with only firelight (炏). Later the 力 (strength, power) component was added.