懂中文 Dong Chinese

嘮

láo, lào

chat

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 勞 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

勞 sound component

勞  Sound component

láo

  

labor

Evolution

嘮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嘮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

唠 (嘮) 

láo

chat, jaw, gossip, talk; to chatter

唠 (嘮) 

lào

to gossip; to chat (dialect)

Most common words with 嘮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

唠叨

to prattle

唠

to gossip

唠嗑

to gossip

叨唠

to nag