唖

See also: 啞

Translingual

Traditional	啞
Shinjitai (extended)	唖
Simplified	哑

Han character

唖 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口一中一 (RMLM) or 難口一中一 (XRMLM), composition ⿰口亜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 193, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3743
• Dae Jaweon: page 413, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 626, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5516

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Japanese

Kanji

唖

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 啞)

1. mute, dumb

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)、やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: あ (a)、あく (aku)
• Kun: おし (oshi, 唖)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
唖
あ Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
啞 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC 'aeX).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ [áꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠]

Noun

唖(あ) • (a) 

1. muteness; dumbness

Affix

唖(あ) • (a) 

1. mute, dumb

Derived terms

mute, dumb

• 唖者(あしゃ) (asha, “a mute person”)
• 唖然(あぜん) (azen, “dumbfounded, speechless”)
• 唖鈴(あれい) (arei, “dumbbell”)
• 盲唖(もうあ) (mōa, “blind and deaf-mute”)
• 聾唖(ろうあ) (rōa, “deafness, deaf-mute”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 唖 – see the following entry: おし

(The following entry is uncreated: おし.)

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Korean

Hanja

唖 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

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