嚶

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See also: 嘤
嚶 U+56B6, 嚶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B6
← 嚵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嚷 →

Translingual

Han character

嚶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口月金女 (RBCV), four-corner 66044, composition ⿰口嬰)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4592
  • Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+56B6

Chinese

trad. 嚶
simp. 嘤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (賏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瀴 *qreːŋs, *mqeːŋʔ, *qeːŋʔ
甖 *qreːŋ
鸚 *qreːŋ
櫻 *qreːŋ
嚶 *qreːŋ
罌 *qreːŋ
鸎 *qreːŋ
譻 *qreːŋ
賏 *qreŋs, *qeŋ
嬰 *qeŋ
瓔 *qeŋ
纓 *qeŋ
攖 *qeŋ
蘡 *qeŋ
癭 *qeŋʔ
廮 *qeŋʔ
巊 *qeːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qreːŋ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 嬰 (OC *qeŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 嚶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏莖切
Baxter 'eang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/æŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ang1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嚶
Reading # 1/1
No. 15330
Phonetic
component 		賏
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		甖
Old
Chinese 		/*qreːŋ/

Definitions

嚶

  1. (onomatopoeia) the call of a bird
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Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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Particularly: “Sanmen Taizhounese: 1an, /ã˧˧˦/”

Definitions

嚶

  1. (Shanghainese, onomatopoeia) the sound made when lulling a child to sleep by song
  2. (Shanghainese) to lull or console a child by humming
  3. (Taizhou Wu) to hum; to quietly sing
    小歌嚶嚶／小歌嘤嘤 [Wu]  ―  to hum a tune away

Japanese

Kanji

嚶

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. chirping
  2. birds singing together

Readings

  • On (unclassified): おう (ō)
  • Kun: なく (naku)

Korean

Hanja

嚶 • (aeng) (hangeul 앵, revised aeng, McCune–Reischauer aeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚶: Hán Nôm readings: inh

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