náo

talkative

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
slave

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrnaːw

說文解字

讙聲也。从口奴聲。《詩》曰:“載號載呶。”

Sources

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