叨

dāo
#2,838 most
frequent character
garrulous

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

叨 has 口 mouth as its meaning part and 刀 dāo as a sound part. It first meant to be gluttonous, to eat a lot. That grew to mean receiving a benefit. Read dāo, it means to talk on and on.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

叨tāo
to receive the benefit of

Homophones

HSK 4
刀dāo
knife

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