嘩

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See also: 哗 and 譁
嘩 U+5629, 嘩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5629
← 嘨
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘪 →

Translingual

Han character

嘩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿一十 (RTMJ), four-corner 64054, composition ⿰口華)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4235
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5629

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (華) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鞾 *qʰʷa
華 *qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
譁 *qʰʷraː
樺 *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
嘩 *ɡʷraː
驊 *ɡʷraː
鏵 *ɡʷraː
崋 *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷraː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 華 (OC *qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs).

Pronunciation 1

trad. 嘩/譁
simp. 哗*
nonstandard simp. 𲂊

Note: jip6 - rare.
Rime
Character 嘩
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 呼瓜切
Baxter xwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hˠua/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/xua/
Wang
Li 		/xwa/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faa1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嘩
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huá
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwae ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷʰˁra/
English shout

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘩
Reading # 1/1
No. 5311
Phonetic
component 		華
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		華
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷraː/
Notes 譁或體

Definitions

嘩

  1. to make noise; to be noisy; to be uproarious

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

trad. 嘩
simp. 哗*

Note: faa1, jip6 - rare.
Note:
  • Xiamen:
    • khôa - vernacular;
    • hôa - literary.

Definitions

嘩

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of flowing or gurgling water
  2. (onomatopoeia) thump; clang; sound of crashing

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

trad. 嘩
simp. 哗*

Definitions

嘩

  1. (Southern Min) to joke around; to laugh and play
  2. (Southern Min) to make noise; to bustle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 開玩笑 (“to kid; to joke around”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 開玩笑
Mandarin Beijing 開玩笑, 打哈哈
Taiwan 開玩笑
Tianjin 開哏
Jinan 開玩笑, 打哈哈
Xi'an 開玩笑
Wuhan 科心, 科德行, 鬥散放
Chengdu 涮罈子
Liuzhou 講笑
Yangzhou 開心
Nanjing 尋開心
Hefei 開心, 開玩笑
Singapore 開玩笑
Cantonese Guangzhou 講笑
Hong Kong 講笑
Dongguan 講笑
Yangjiang 攪笑
Singapore (Guangfu) 講笑
Gan Nanchang 開玩笑
Hakka Meixian 講笑
Huizhou Jixi 講笑, 開玩笑
Jin Taiyuan 耍笑, 開玩笑
Northern Min Jian'ou 𡛴, 𡛴嬉
Eastern Min Fuzhou 講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢
Southern Min Xiamen 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
Xiamen (Tong'an) 咧
Quanzhou 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
Zhangzhou 滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 講摽笑
Taipei (Wanhua) 滾笑
Kaohsiung 耍笑
Yilan 講笑詼
Changhua (Lukang) 講笑
Taichung 講笑
Taichung (Wuqi) 講耍笑
Tainan 滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑
Taitung 講耍笑
Hsinchu 講笑
Penghu (Magong) 滾笑
Penang (Hokkien) 𠢕滾, 講笑
Singapore (Hokkien) 滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑
Manila (Hokkien) 摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑
Chaozhou 呾耍笑
Shantou 呾耍
Shantou (Chenghai) 呾耍
Singapore (Teochew) 呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑
Haikou 講笑
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 講笑
Wu Shanghai 尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相
Shanghai (Chongming) 尋開心
Suzhou 尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張
Hangzhou 尋開心
Ningbo 尋開心
Wenzhou 講笑, 講取笑
Xiang Changsha 鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑
Shuangfeng 鬥散放, 打豪

Compounds

Pronunciation 4

trad. 嘩
simp. 哗*
alternative forms 哇

Definitions

嘩

  1. (Cantonese) wow!; whoa! (used to express surprise or admiration)
    嘩，咁多人嘅？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    哗，咁多人嘅？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    waa3, gam3 do1 jan4 ge2?
    Whoa, why are there so many people?
    嘩，好靚呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    哗，好靓呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    waa3, hou2 leng3 aa3!
    Wow, it's so pretty!

References

Japanese

Kanji

嘩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. noisy

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

嘩 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune–Reischauer hwa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘩: Hán Nôm readings: hoa

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References

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