嘮

See also: 唠

嘮 U+562E, 嘮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-562E ← 嘭 [U+562D] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘯 → [U+562F]

Translingual

Han character

嘮 (radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口火火尸 (RFFS), four-corner 6902₇, composition ⿰口勞)

References

• KangXi: page 206, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4242
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 686, character 10
• Unihan data for U+562E

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Chinese

trad.		嘮
simp.		唠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (勞) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
勞	*raːw, *raːws
撈	*raːw, *reːw
嘮	*ruːw, *hr'aːw
癆	*raːw, *raːw, *raːws
簩	*raːw
蟧	*raːw, *reːw
憥	*raːw
澇	*raːwʔ, *raːws
僗	*raːws
髝	*raːws
膋	*reːw
犖	*rraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ruːw, *hr'aːw): semantic 口 + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láo (lao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴, lou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): lô͘ / lô / --lo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴, lou⁶
    • Yale: lòuh, louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴, lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴, lou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/, /lou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
    • Tâi-lô: lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: looi
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lo
    • Tâi-lô: --lo

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘮
Reading #	1/2
No.	7649
Phonetic component	勞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ruːw/
Notes	嘐今字：嘐啁

Definitions

嘮

1. to nag; to talk on and on; to chatter

Compounds

• 叨嘮／叨唠 (dāolao)
• 嘮三叨四／唠三叨四

• 嘮叨／唠叨 (láodao)
• 嘮嘮／唠唠

• 嘮嘮叨叨／唠唠叨叨

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶
    • Yale: louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/

Definitions

嘮

1. (dialectal) to talk; to chat

Compounds

• 嘮嗑／唠嗑 (làokē)

• 嘮扯／唠扯

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāo (chao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰˠau/▼

Rime
Character	嘮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	敕交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰaɨw/
Li Rong	/ȶʰau/
Wang Li	/ȶʰau/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hr'aːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘮
Reading #	2/2
No.	7661
Phonetic component	勞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䫸
Old Chinese	/*hr'aːw/

Definitions

嘮

1. ^† Only used in 嘮呶／唠呶 (“to be noisy”).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

嘮

1. ^† Alternative form of 詨 (xiào, “sound of interjection”).

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Japanese

Kanji

嘮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō), ちょう (chō), た (ta), こう (kō), きょう (kyō), ろう (rō)
• Kun: かまびすしい (kamabisushii), さけぶ (sakebu), こえ (koe)

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Korean

Hanja

嘮 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘮 (lao)

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