唠唠叨叨
láo​lao​dāo​dāo

chattering

唠 láo, lào, chāo chat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 劳 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘮.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
劳
劳 Sound component
láo labor

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

叨 dāo, tāo talkative

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 刀 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
刀
刀 Sound component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtuːw
l̥ʰaːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

嘮 chat Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 勞 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
勞
勞 Sound component
láo labor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangruːw
hr'aːw

說文解字

嘮呶，讙也。从口勞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)