哼

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哼 U+54FC, 哼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54FC
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 哽 →

Translingual

Han character

哼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口卜口弓 (RYRN), four-corner 60027, composition ⿰口亨)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3679
  • Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 632, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+54FC

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 哼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
亨 *qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ
享 *qʰaŋʔ
烹 *pqʰraːŋ
脝 *qʰraːŋ
悙 *qʰraːŋ
哼 *qʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːŋ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 亨 (OC *qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ)

Pronunciation 1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 哼
Reading # 1/1
No. 5118
Phonetic
component 		亨
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		脝
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰraːŋ/

Definitions

哼

  1. to hum; to croon
    嗱，你啲歌呢，隻隻我都識哼幾句呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    嗱，你啲歌呢，只只我都识哼几句呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From:
    naa4, nei5 di1 go1 ne1, zek3 zek3 ngo5 dou1 sik1 hang1 gei2 geoi3 aa3.
    I know how to hum a bit of every single one of your songs.
  2. to moan; to groan

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

哼

  1. interjection at the start of a sentence expressing disapproval, disdain, discontent, displeasure, or anger: hmph; humph

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

哼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: おびえる (obieru, 哼える)

Korean

Hanja

哼 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哼: Hán Nôm readings: hanh

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