唠
嘮lào
#3,393 most
frequent character
to gossip, to chat (dialect)
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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