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Translingual
Han character
嗡 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口金戈一 (RCIM), four-corner 68027, composition ⿰口翁)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4106
- Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 669, character 12
- Unihan data for U+55E1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 慃
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*qroːŋʔ
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| 袞
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*kluːnʔ
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| 蔉
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*kluːnʔ
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| 滾
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*kluːnʔ
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| 忩
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*sʰloːŋ
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| 鬆
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*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
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| 凇
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*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
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| 公
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*kloːŋ
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| 蚣
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*kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
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| 翁
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*qloːŋ
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| 螉
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*qloːŋ
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| 蓊
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*qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
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| 嗡
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*qloːŋ
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| 滃
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 暡
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 勜
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 塕
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 瓮
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*qloːŋs
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| 崧
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*sqʰluŋ
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| 菘
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*sqʰluŋ
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| 硹
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*sqʰluŋ
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| 淞
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*sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
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| 蜙
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*sqʰloŋ
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| 倯
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*sqʰloŋ
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| 松
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*sɢloŋ
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| 訟
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*sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
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| 頌
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*sɢloŋs, *loŋ
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| 忪
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*kljoŋ
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| 彸
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*kljoŋ
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| 衳
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*kljoŋ
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| 伀
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*kljoŋ
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| 妐
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*kljoŋ
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| 炂
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*kljoŋ
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| 鈆
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*kljoŋ, *lon
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːŋ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嗡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4097
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Phonetic
component
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公
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Rime
group
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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翁
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Old
Chinese
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/*qloːŋ/
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Definitions
嗡
- (onomatopoeia) buzzing; droning; humming
Compounds
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
嗡
- (Buddhism) om
- Synonym: 唵
Compounds
- 嗡摩尼呸咩哄 (wēng mānī bēimēi hòng
)
- 嗡阿吽 (wēng ā hòng
)
References
Japanese
Kanji
嗡
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嗡 (eumhun 소 울음 옹 (so ureum ong))
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References
Vietnamese
Han character
嗡: Hán Việt readings: ông, án
嗡: Nôm readings: óng, ông
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References