吽
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Translingual
Han character
吽 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口竹手 (RHQ), four-corner 65000, composition ⿰口牛)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 180, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3378
- Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 589, character 6
- Unihan data for U+543D
Chinese
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
吽 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: óu
- Wade–Giles: ou2
- Yale: óu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: our
- Palladius: оу (ou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hau1 / hau2
- Yale: hāu / háu
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau1 / hau2
- Guangdong Romanization: heo1 / heo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯⁵⁵/, /hɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: xuwX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːʔ/
Definitions
吽
- Only used in 吽牙.
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
吽 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hong
- Wade–Giles: hung1
- Yale: hūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
- Palladius: хун (xun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hung1
- Yale: hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: hung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
吽
Etymology 3
| simp. and trad. |
吽 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ngau6
- Yale: ngauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngau6
- Guangdong Romanization: ngeo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐu̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ngeu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵑɡeu³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
吽
Compounds
Etymology 4
| simp. and trad. |
吽 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: au3
- Yale: au
- Cantonese Pinyin: au3
- Guangdong Romanization: eo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Definitions
吽
Etymology 5
| For pronunciation and definitions of 吽 – see 吼 (“to roar; to shout; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 吼). |
References
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“吽” in 佛學大辭典 . - Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01034
- “吽”, 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–
Japanese
Kanji
吽
- bark, growl
- Used in Sanskrit transliterations
Readings
As transcription of Sanskrit हूँ (hūm̐):
- Go-on: おん (on)←おん (on, historical)←おむ (omu, ancient)
- Kan-on: いん (in)←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)
- Kan’yō-on: うん (un)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 吽 |
| うん Hyōgai |
| kan'yōon |
Kan'yoon pronunciation.
Pronunciation
Noun
References
Korean
Hanja
吽 • (hu, eum, u) (hangeul 후, 음, 우, revised hu, eum, u, McCune–Reischauer hu, ŭm, u)
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Vietnamese
Han character
吽: Hán Việt readings: hồng[1][2], hống[1][3], ngâu[4], oanh[4], ẩu[1]
吽: Nôm readings: hống[3], ngào[5]
- chữ Hán form of Hồng (“a personal name”).
- chữ Hán form of hồng (“transliteration of hūṃ (हूँ) in Buddhism”).