唠 Strokes Write it Listen 唠 láo to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk HSK 7–9 10 strokes Radical 口 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from口meaningkǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening劳soundláoto labor, to toil; to do manual work How it works口 hints at the meaning (mouth), and 劳 láo hints at the sound.