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Translingual
Han character
啞 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口一中一 (RMLM), four-corner 61017, composition ⿰口亞)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 196, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3835
- Dae Jaweon: page 417, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 636, character 7
- Unihan data for U+555E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 椏
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*qaːʔ, *qraː
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| 錏
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*qraː
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| 鵶
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*qraː
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| 啞
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*qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
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| 瘂
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*qraːʔ
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| 亞
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*qraːɡs
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| 婭
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*qraːɡs
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| 俹
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*qraːɡs
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| 稏
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*qraːɡs
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| 惡
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*qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
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| 噁
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*qaːɡs
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| 堊
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*qaːɡ
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| 蝁
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*qaːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 亞 (OC *qraːɡs).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ʔa (“mute”).
Pronunciation 1
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
- é/ée - vernacular;
- á - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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啞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǎ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔaeX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔˁraʔ/
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| English
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mute
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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啞
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| Reading #
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1/4
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| No.
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14210
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Phonetic
component
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亞
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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啞
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Old
Chinese
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/*qraːʔ/
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| Notes
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見史記後亦作瘂
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Definitions
啞
- mute; dumb (unable to speak)
- speechless; without sound
- 啞劇／哑剧 ― yǎjù ― mime
- 啞鈴／哑铃 ― yǎlíng ― dumbbell
- 啞口無言／哑口无言 ― yǎkǒuwúyán ― to be left speechless
- hoarse
喊得我嗓子都啞了 [MSC, trad.]
喊得我嗓子都哑了 [MSC, simp.]- hǎn de wǒ sǎngzi dōu yǎ le
- to have shouted myself hoarse
- (of a shell, bomb, etc.) to fail to explode; (of a firearm) to fail to fire
Coordinate terms
- 聾／聋 (lóng, “deaf”)
- 盲 (máng, “blind”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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啞
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啞
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| Reading #
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3/4
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4/4
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| No.
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14223
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14224
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Phonetic
component
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亞
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亞
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Rime
group
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鐸
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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啞
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戹
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Old
Chinese
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/*qraːɡ/
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/*qraːɡ/
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Definitions
啞
- † (onomatopoeia) laughter; sound of laughing
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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啞
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| Reading #
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2/4
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| No.
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14216
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Phonetic
component
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亞
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Rime
group
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暮
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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亞
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Old
Chinese
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/*qraːɡs/
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| Notes
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見淮南子後亦作呀
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Definitions
啞
- Alternative form of 呀
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of cawing.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of a child learning to speak.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
啞
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 唖)
- Kyūjitai form of 唖
Readings
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 啞 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 啞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
啞 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)
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Vietnamese
Han character
啞: Hán Nôm readings: á, ạ, ớ, dạ
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