嚗

嚗 U+5697, 嚗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5697 ← 嚖 [U+5696] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚘 → [U+5698]

Translingual

Han character

嚗 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口日廿水 (RATE), four-corner 6603₂, composition ⿰口暴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4512
• Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 699, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5697

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嚗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
暴	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
曝	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
瀑	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
虣	*boːwɢs
爆	*proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ
襮	*poːwɢ, *poːwɢ
嚗	*proːwɢ
謈	*pʰroːwɢ, *broːwɢ
犦	*broːwɢ, *poːwɢ
懪	*broːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó, bō (bo², bo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ, ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³
• Eastern Min (BUC): bó̤h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹
    • Yale: bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Note:

• bó - standard in Mainland;
• bō - standard in Taiwan.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³
    • Yale: bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bó̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔʔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: paewk

Rime
Character	嚗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	北角切
Baxter	paewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*proːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚗
Reading #	1/1
No.	338
Phonetic component	暴
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	剥
Old Chinese	/*proːwɢ/

Definitions

嚗

1. (literary) a cry of rage
2. (onomatopoeia) sound of an object splitting or breaking apart
3. (Eastern Min) to abuse verbally with obscenities

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 罵 (“to scold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		罵
Mandarin	Beijing	罵, 啳
	Taiwan	罵
	Jinan	罵, 啳
	Xi'an	罵, 噘
	Wuhan	罵, 通
	Chengdu	罵
	Guilin	罵
	Yangzhou	罵
	Hefei	抽, 噘
	Malaysia	罵
	Singapore	罵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬧, 插, 屌 vulgar
	Hong Kong	鬧, 插, 屌 vulgar
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鬧
	Macau	鬧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怒
	Foshan	鬧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嗌
	Foshan (Shunde)	鬧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鬧
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鬧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鬧
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鬧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鬧
	Taishan	鬧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鬧
	Enping (Niujiang)	鬧
	Heshan (Yayao)	鬧
	Dongguan	鬧
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鬧
	Yangjiang	數
	Beihai	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	嬲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鬧
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鬧
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鬧
	Móng Cái	嬲
Gan	Nanchang	罵
Hakka	Meixian	罵
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鬧
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	罵
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	罵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	罵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	罵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	罵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	罵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	罵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	罵
	Singapore (Dabu)	罵
Jin	Taiyuan	罵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	罵, 詈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	罵, 嚗
Southern Min	Xiamen	罵, 詈
	Quanzhou	罵, 詈
	Jinjiang	罵
	Zhangzhou	罵, 詈
	Zhao'an	罵
	Taipei	罵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	罵
	Kaohsiung	罵
	Yilan	罵
	Changhua (Lukang)	罵
	Taichung	罵
	Tainan	罵
	Hsinchu	罵
	Kinmen	罵
	Penghu (Magong)	罵
	Penang (Hokkien)	罵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	罵, 姦 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	罵, 𧮙
	Chaozhou	罵
	Shantou	罵
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	罵
	Jieyang	罵
	Singapore (Teochew)	罵
	Wenchang	罵
	Singapore (Hainanese)	罵
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	罵
Wu	Suzhou	罵
	Ningbo	𧮙
	Wenzhou	𧮙, 謴
Xiang	Changsha	罵, 咒, 反
	Shuangfeng	咒, 罵

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 84

Japanese

Kanji

嚗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はく (haku); ぼく (boku); ほう (hō); ひょう (hyō)

Korean

Hanja

嚗 • (bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune–Reischauer pak)

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