呠

Translingual

Han character

呠 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口木一 (RDM), four-corner 6503₀, composition ⿰口本)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3428
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 598, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5460

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pěn (pen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pěn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻên³
    • Yale: pěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peen
    • Palladius: пэнь (pɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pan³
    • Yale: pan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呠

1. ^‡ to spurt; to blow out; to puff out; to snort

References

• “呠”, 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–

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呠
alternative forms		本

Borrowed from Malay pun.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún
    • Tâi-lô: pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puon
    • IPA (Penang): /pun⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /pun⁴²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呠

1. (Malaysia and Singapore Hokkien) also

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Japanese

Kanji

呠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: ほん (hon)