聾

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See also: 聋
聾 U+807E, 聾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807E
← 聽
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聿 →
聾 U+F945, 聾
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F945
← 籠
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 牢 →

Translingual

Han character

聾 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜心尸十 (YPSJ), four-corner 01401, composition ⿱龍耳)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 970, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29212
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2800, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+807E

Chinese

trad. 聾
simp. 聋
alternative forms 䏊／𰭹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 聾
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
驡 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐 *broːŋ
瀧 *rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅 *roːŋ
朧 *roːŋ, *roŋs
龓 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾 *roːŋ
礱 *roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨 *roːŋ
蘢 *roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳 *roːŋ
襱 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏 *roːŋ
曨 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗 *roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪 *roːŋ
巃 *roːŋʔ
竉 *roːŋʔ
攏 *roːŋʔ
儱 *roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍 *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘 *roŋ, *roŋs
隴 *roŋʔ
壠 *roŋʔ
壟 *roŋʔ
寵 *r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏 *kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ) : phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) – deaf.

Etymology

Perhaps related to 聳 (OC *sloŋʔ, “deaf”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lè̤ng - vernacular;
  • lùng - literary.
Note:
  • lâng - vernacular;
  • lông - literary.
Rime
Character 聾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧紅切
Baxter luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ləwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/luŋ/
Wang
Li 		/luŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/luŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聾
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lóng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ luwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.rˁoŋ/
English deaf

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 聾
Reading # 1/1
No. 8417
Phonetic
component 		龍
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		籠
Old
Chinese 		/*roːŋ/

Definitions

聾

  1. deaf

Usage notes

  • 聾／聋 (lóng) can be used as a stand-alone adjective. However, the term 耳聾／耳聋 (ěrlóng) may occasionally be used instead due to homophony with 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳聾 (“deaf”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 失聰, 耳聾, 聾, 聾聵
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 耳聾
Singapore 耳聾
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 實聾
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 聾
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 實聾
Wanrong 聾
Xi'an 聾
Xuzhou 實聾
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 聾
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 板聾
Cantonese Hong Kong 聾, 耳聾
Taishan 耳聾
Singapore (Guangfu) 聾, 耳聾
Gan Nanchang 聾
Pingxiang 有聾
Hakka Meixian 耳聾
Yudu 耳朵聾
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 耳聾, 臭耳聾
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 耳聾, 臭耳聾
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 耳聾, 臭耳聾
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 耳聾, 臭耳聾
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 耳聾, 臭耳聾
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 耳聾, 臭耳聾
Huizhou Jixi 耳朵聾
Northern Min Jian'ou 聾耳
Eastern Min Fuzhou 耳聾, 聾
Southern Min Xiamen 臭耳聾
Quanzhou 臭耳聾
Zhangzhou 臭耳聾, 臭耳仔, 臭耳空, 臭耳
Taipei 臭耳聾
New Taipei (Sanxia) 臭耳聾
Kaohsiung 臭耳聾
Yilan 臭耳聾
Changhua (Lukang) 臭耳聾
Taichung 臭耳聾
Taichung (Wuqi) 臭耳聾
Tainan 臭耳聾
Taitung 臭耳聾
Hsinchu 臭耳聾
Kinmen 臭耳聾
Penghu (Magong) 臭耳聾
Penang (Hokkien) 臭耳聾
Singapore (Hokkien) 臭耳聾
Manila (Hokkien) 臭耳
Shantou 耳聾
Shantou (Chaoyang) 耳聾
Jieyang 耳聾
Singapore (Teochew) 耳聾, 臭耳聾
Leizhou 聾在, 耳聾
Haikou 青聾
Wu Shanghai 聾膨
Shanghai (Chongming) 耳朵聾
Suzhou 耳朵聾
Danyang 聾
Hangzhou 耳朵聾
Ningbo 擣地聾
Wenzhou 聾
Jinhua 耳朵聾

See also

  • 盲 (máng, “blind”)
  • 啞／哑 (yǎ, “mute”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

聾

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. deafness
  2. deaf

Readings

  • Go-on: る (ru)
  • Kan-on: ろう (rō)
  • Kun: つんぼ (tsunbo, 聾)、みみしい (mimishī, 聾)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
聾
つんぼ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 聾 – see the following entry.
【つんぼ】
(likely offensive) deafness, deaf
(likely offensive) a deaf person
(This term, 聾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
聾
みみしい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 聾 – see the following entry.
【みみしい】
聾, 耳癈: (archaic, possibly obsolete) deafness, deaf
聾, 耳癈: (archaic, possibly obsolete) a deaf person
Alternative spelling
耳癈
(This term, 聾, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

聾 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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