絮絮叨叨
xù​xu​dāo​dāo

garrulous

絮 xù, chù, nǜ waste cotton

Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 如 represents the sound.

Components

糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk
如
如 Sound component
rú be like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蕠

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjoHs-na-sraw silk, floss
Zhengzhangrnaːs
nas
snas
nas
Unicodesiù

說文解字

敝緜也。从糸如聲。

Sources

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

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