唵

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

唵 (radical 30 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口大中山 (RKLU), four-corner 6401₆)

1. used in Buddhist texts to transliterate non-Chinese sounds, specifically the ॐ (aum) syllable.
2. to eat with the hand

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 193, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3770
• Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 638, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5535

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

唵 (Yale am2)

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[edit] Japanese

オム

[edit] Kanji

唵

[edit] Readings

• On: あん (an), おん (on)
• Kun: ふくむ (fukumu)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

唵 (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune-Reischauer an)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

唵 (pinyin ǎn (an3), Wade-Giles an³)