哓
xiāo

garrulous

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嘵 garrulous Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghŋeːw

說文解字

懼也。从口堯聲。《詩》曰：“唯予音之嘵嘵。”

Sources

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