叨(dāo)

HSK 7-95 strokes
Readingsdāodáotāo

garrulous

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Character information

Pinyin
dāo / dáo / tāo
Meaning
garrulous
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 叨 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰口刀

In this compound, the meaning comes from 口 (mouth); 刀 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

口kǒu刀dāo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 叨 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 叨

Common words using 叨 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

láo唠dao叨
HSK 7-9

to prattle

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xù絮dao叨
HSK 7-9

long-winded

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dāo叨dāo叨

to chatter; to hog the conversation

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dāo叨lào唠

to be chattersome; to talk on and on without stopping; to nag

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dāo叨niàn念

see 念叨[nian4 dao5]

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láo唠lao唠dāo叨dāo叨

to chatter

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niàn念dāo叨

to talk about often

Open 念叨 page →
xù絮xù絮dāo叨dāo叨

long-winded

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Related characters

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 叨’s common words

唠絮念

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