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

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4242
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 686, character 10
Unihan data for U+562E

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 / 形声, OC *ruːw, *hr'aːw) : semantic 口 + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láo (lao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ / lou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘ / lô / --lo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láo
  - Wade–Giles: lao²
  - Yale: láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
  - Palladius: лао (lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ / lou⁶
  - Yale: lòuh / louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ / lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ / lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/, /lou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (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

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

to nag; to talk on and on; to chatter

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lào
  - Wade–Giles: lao⁴
  - Yale: làu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
  - Palladius: лао (lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lou⁶
  - Yale: louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/

Definitions

嘮

(dialectal) to talk; to chat

Compounds

嘮嗑 / 唠嗑
嘮扯 / 唠扯

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāo (chao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chao
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao¹
  - Yale: chāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
  - Palladius: чао (čao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: trhaew

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
Baxter	trhaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰaɨw/
Li Rong	/ȶʰau/
Wang Li	/ȶʰau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau¹

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

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

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
  - Yale: syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

嘮

^† Alternative form of 詨 / 𰵦 (xiào, “sound of interjection”)

Japanese

Kanji

嘮

(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 (kamabisushī)、さけぶ (sakebu)、こえ (koe)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘮: Hán Nôm readings: lao

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