瘖

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瘖 U+7616, 瘖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7616
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Translingual

Han character

瘖 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大卜廿日 (KYTA), four-corner 00161, composition ⿸疒音)

  1. dumb, mute, unable to speak

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 777, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1187, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2686, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7616

Chinese

trad. 瘖/喑*
simp. 喑*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瘖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (音) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
諳 *qɯːm
腤 *qɯːm
嬜 *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm
喑 *qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms
揞 *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms
隌 *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm
罯 *qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb
暗 *qɯːms
闇 *qɯːms
黯 *qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ
歆 *qʰrɯm
愔 *qɯm
韾 *qɯm
音 *qrɯm
瘖 *qrɯm
窨 *qrɯms
湆 *kʰrɯb

Pronunciation

Definitions

瘖

  1. (dated) mute; dumb (unable to speak)
  2. (dated) speechless

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

瘖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. dumb; mute; unable to speak

Readings

  • On (unclassified): いん (in); おん (on)
  • Kun: おし (oshi)

Korean

Hanja

瘖 (eum 음 (eum))

  1. deaf
  2. mute
  3. darkness
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