囌
loquacious, nag
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Readings
On'yomi
- ソ
Kun'yomi
- よくしゃべ.る
Meaning
囌 centers on excessive, persistent talking: being loquacious or nagging someone with words.
Study
Etymology
囌 combines 口 (mouth) with 蘇, which likely contributes the sound. The mouth radical suggests the meaning relates to speech.
Meaning mnemonic
The mouth 口 on the left and the complex 蘇 on the right suggest a mouth that keeps going and going, like a nagging voice that won't stop.
Reading mnemonic
For ソ, imagine a nagging person saying 'so... so... so...' over and over: the repeated 'so' cues ソ while the mouth keeps talking.