嗡

嗡 U+55E1, 嗡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55E1 ← 嗠 [U+55E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗢 → [U+55E2]

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

trad.		嗡
simp. #		嗡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (公) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
慃	*qroːŋʔ
袞	*kluːnʔ
蔉	*kluːnʔ
滾	*kluːnʔ
忩	*sʰloːŋ
鬆	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
凇	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
公	*kloːŋ
蚣	*kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
翁	*qloːŋ
螉	*qloːŋ
蓊	*qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
嗡	*qloːŋ
滃	*qloːŋʔ
暡	*qloːŋʔ
勜	*qloːŋʔ
塕	*qloːŋʔ
瓮	*qloːŋs
崧	*sqʰluŋ
菘	*sqʰluŋ
硹	*sqʰluŋ
淞	*sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
蜙	*sqʰloŋ
倯	*sqʰloŋ
松	*sɢloŋ
訟	*sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
頌	*sɢloŋs, *loŋ
忪	*kljoŋ
彸	*kljoŋ
衳	*kljoŋ
伀	*kljoŋ
妐	*kljoŋ
炂	*kljoŋ
鈆	*kljoŋ, *lon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːŋ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēng (weng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wong
    • Wade–Giles: wêng¹
    • Yale: wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueng
    • Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong
    • Tâi-lô: ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qloːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗡
Reading #	1/1
No.	4097
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	翁
Old Chinese	/*qloːŋ/

Definitions

嗡

1. (onomatopoeia) buzzing; droning; humming

Compounds

• 嗡嗡 (wēngwēng)
• 嗡嗡彈／嗡嗡弹
• 嗡嗡祖拉
• 嗡子
• 嗡鳴／嗡鸣
• 大轟大嗡／大轰大嗡

 

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēng, ōng (weng¹, ong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥ, ㄛㄫ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wong
    • Wade–Giles: wêng¹
    • Yale: wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueng
    • Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄛㄫ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ong
    • Wade–Giles: ung¹
    • Yale: ūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ong
    • Palladius: ун (un)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀʊŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

嗡

1. (Buddhism) om

   Synonym: 唵

Compounds

• 嗡摩尼呸咩哄 (wēng mānī bēimēi hòng )
• 嗡阿吽 (wēng ā hòng )

 

References

• “嗡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嗡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō); ら (ra)

Korean

Hanja

嗡 (eumhun 소 울음 옹 (so ureum ong))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 嗡

Vietnamese

Han character

嗡: Hán Việt readings: ông, án
嗡: Nôm readings: óng, ông

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References

• Nom Foundation