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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
叨 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
叨 ＝ 口 ＋ 刀
ㄉㄠ · dāo
verb — to chatter on; to receive (a favor, humbly)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

口義the mouth
刀聲dāo — gives the sounda knife
The mouth (口) running like a blade (刀) — talk that won't quit. 刀 dāo carries the sound straight, unchanged. From the busy mouth: 嘮叨、叨念; and humbly, 叨光.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一張嘴（口）快得像刀（刀），話一句接一句，停不下來。
A mouth (口) quick as a knife (刀), one word after the next, never stopping.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)嘮叨— to chatter, talk on and on常用
→叨念、叨叨— to mutter, harp on
⇒叨光、叨擾— to receive a kindness (humble)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
叼diāothe lookalike — 叼 holds 吊 on the right, 叨 keeps the knife 刀刀dāothe sound donor — the knife