哄

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See also: 鬨 and 閧
哄 U+54C4, 哄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C4
← 哃
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 哅 →

Translingual

Han character

哄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金 (RTC), four-corner 64081, composition ⿰口共)

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3588
  • Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 612, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+54C4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
港 *kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
巷 *ɡroːŋs
衖 *ɡroːŋs
鬨 *ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
烘 *qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
洪 *ɡloːŋ
鉷 *ɡloːŋ
谼 *ɡloːŋ
葓 *ɡoːŋ
哄 *ɡloːŋs
蕻 *ɡloːŋs
恭 *kloŋ
供 *kloŋ, *kloŋs
龔 *kloŋ
珙 *kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
共 *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
髸 *kloŋ
拱 *kloŋʔ
拲 *kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
蛬 *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
栱 *kloŋʔ
輁 *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
舼 *ɡloŋ
輂 *kloɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡloːŋs) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 哄
alternative forms 嚇／吓 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hóng - literary;
  • háng/háⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 哄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡貢切
Baxter huwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦəwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 哄
Reading # 1/1
No. 4161
Phonetic
component 		共
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		哄
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡloːŋs/

Definitions

哄

  1. to fool; to cheat
  2. to keep (especially a child) in good humor; to coax
  3. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien) to frighten; to menace; to threaten; to intimidate by violent language
Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 哄

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hong - literary;
  • hang - vernacular.

Definitions

哄

  1. (of many people) to vocalize simultaneously
    See also: 叿
Compounds

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 哄 – see 鬨 (“to fight; to combat; to cause a commotion or disturbance”).
(This character is the simplified form of 鬨).
Notes:

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
 哄
alternative forms 烘

Pronunciation

Note: hung3 - Hong Kong.

Definitions

哄

  1. (Cantonese) to move close to (somebody); to crowd (somebody)
    哄埋嚟我度做咩啫？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    hung3 maai4 lai4 ngo5 dou6 zou6 me1 ze1?
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Japanese

Kanji

哄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

哄 (eum 홍 (hong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

哄: Hán Nôm readings: họng, hống, hòng, ngọng, rống

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References

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