叹

See also: 嘆 and 歎

叹 U+53F9, 叹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F9 ← 司 [U+53F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 叺 → [U+53FA]

Translingual

Han character

叹 (radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口水 (RE), four-corner 6704₀, composition ⿰口又)

Derived characters

• 𡊙, 𠭵, 𠼡

Related characters

• 嘆 (Traditional Chinese)
• 歎 (Variant traditional form of 嘆 in Mainland China)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 174, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3265
• Dae Jaweon: page 386, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 575, character 4
• Unihan data for U+53F9

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1 and 2

Simplified from 嘆 (𦰩 → 又).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 叹 – see 嘆 (“to sigh; to chant; etc.”). (This character, 叹, is the simplified form of 嘆.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 叹 – see 歎 (“one of 24 literary genres from the Zhou dynasty, etc.”). (This character, 叹, is the simplified form of 歎.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 叹 – see 又 (“again; once more; also; in addition; etc.”). (This character, 叹, is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 又.)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		叹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: i3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/

Definitions

叹

1. ^‡ The meaning of this term is uncertain.

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Japanese

Kanji

叹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)
• Kun: いう (iu)