唵

唵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口大中山 (RKLU), four-corner 6401₆, composition ⿰口奄)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 193, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3770
• Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 638, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5535

Schuessler (2007) suggests that this is an endoactive derivation from 喑 (OC *qɯːm, “mute; silent”).

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ʔum ~ *mum (“to hold in mouth; to chew; to eat; to kiss”); compare Tibetan ཨུམ (um, “kiss”) (STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007).

唵

1. (obsolete, rare) to hold in one's mouth
2. to eat with one's hand

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ).

唵

1. (Buddhism) om, aum

   Synonym: 嗡

唵

1. An interjection indicating doubt: um

唵

1. An interjection indicating response: mhm; uh-huh

Onomatopoeic.

唵

1. (Hokkien, childish) to eat

唵

1. Used in compounds.

• “唵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. syllable

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• Go-on: おん (on)^{←おん (on, historical)←おむ (omu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: あん (an)^{←あん (an, historical)←あむ (amu, ancient)}
• Kun: ふくむ (fukumu, 唵む)

*/om/ → /omu/ → /oɴ/

From Middle Chinese 唵 (ʔʌm^X), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ).^[1][2][3][4]

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

• IPA^(key):

唵(おん) or 唵(オン) • (on) 

1. (Buddhism) om, aum

   Synonym: オーム (ōmu)

唵(おん) or 唵(オン) • (on) 

1. (Buddhism) om, aum

   Synonym: オーム (ōmu)

• 唵(おん)阿毘羅(あびら)吽欠(うんけん) (on abiraunken)

唵 • (am, om) (hangeul 암, 옴, revised am, om, McCune–Reischauer am, om)

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唵: Hán Nôm readings: án, úm, ướm, ngàn, ngạn

1. (Buddhism) om; aum

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