叨
dāotāo HSK7

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