唠

嘮
láo
#3,393 most
frequent character
used in 嘮叨|唠叨[lao2dao5]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

唠 takes 口 mouth as the meaning part and 劳 láo, an exact sound match, for the reading. Read láo it first meant a loud uproar, then grew to 'to chatter, to nag'. Read lào it means 'to chat'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

唠lào
to gossip, to chat (dialect)

Homophones

牢láo
fold, pen, prison, jail, durable
劳láo
to toil, labor, laborer

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