Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle

    billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers

    ArchaicYojijukugo (four character compound)

Also written 喋喋喃喃【ちょうちょうなんなん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

talk, chat, chatter

Kun
しゃべ.るついば.む
On
チョウトウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2403 of 2500
Radical
mouth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3d9.10The Kanji Dictionary
6409.4Four corner code
558bUnicode hex code
1-35-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
959Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
850New Nelson (John Haig)
665Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
502Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2158Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2280Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3917Morohashi
die2, zha2Pinyin reading
cheob, jabKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chatter, rattle on

Kun
の.う
On
ナン
Strokes
12
Radical
mouth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3d9.18The Kanji Dictionary
6402.7Four corner code
5583Unicode hex code
1-51-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
951Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
846New Nelson (John Haig)
3903Morohashi
nan2Pinyin reading
namKorean reading