Definitions

náo clamor; (onom.) "look!"
to pout

Etymology phono-semantic

mouth

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About

The character "呶" is structured with the mouth radical (口) combined with the component "奴", which primarily serves a phonetic function while loosely relating to its vocal nature. Etymologically, it originally conveyed the sense of loud clamor or boisterous speech, but its meaning shifted over time to specifically indicate incessant or tedious chatter, as seen in the reduplicated form "呶呶" used to describe verbose talking.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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