嚷

嚷 U+56B7, 嚷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B7 ← 嚶 [U+56B6] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚸 → [U+56B8]

Translingual

Han character

嚷 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口卜口女 (RYRV), four-corner 6003₂, composition ⿰口襄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 214, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4600
• Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 11
• Unihan data for U+56B7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嚷
2nd round simp.		𠮵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
囊	*naːŋ
蠰	*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩	*naːŋʔ
灢	*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾	*naːŋs
孃	*naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤	*naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲	*naŋ, *njaŋ
釀	*naŋs
瓖	*snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤	*snaŋ
襄	*snaŋ
纕	*snaŋ
忀	*snaŋ
欀	*snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟	*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳	*njaŋ
穰	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼	*njaŋ
獽	*njaŋ
儴	*njaŋ
蘘	*njaŋ
鬤	*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷	*njaŋ
壤	*njaŋʔ
嚷	*njaŋʔ
讓	*njaŋs
懹	*njaŋs
攮	*rnoːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njaŋʔ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 襄 (OC *snaŋ)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǎng (rang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁶ / joeng⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngióng

  (Hailu, HRS): ngiong^ˊ

• Eastern Min (BUC): iông
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zyorng³ / zoeng³ / zyoeng³ / zyang³ / zieng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / jiáng / jióng / gióng / giáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): riang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǎng
    • Wade–Giles: jang³
    • Yale: rǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raang
    • Palladius: жан (žan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁶ / joeng⁵
    • Yale: yeuhng / yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁶ / joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁶ / yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²²/, /jœːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯oŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiong^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋioŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɔŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyorng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ciô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syøŋ³³²/
  • (Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syɐŋ³³²/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Lukang, Taipei, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /liɔŋ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáng
    • Tâi-lô: jiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiarng
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /d͡ziaŋ⁴⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /d͡ziaŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziaŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jióng
    • Tâi-lô: jióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiorng
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gióng
    • Tâi-lô: gióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giorng
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giáng
    • Tâi-lô: giáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giarng
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: riang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziaŋ⁵²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚷
Reading #	1/1
No.	13648
Phonetic component	襄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	壤
Old Chinese	/*njaŋʔ/
Notes	孃攘晚起分化新字

Definitions

嚷

1. to shout; to cry out
2. to make an uproar; to brawl
3. (dialectal) to criticize

Synonyms

• (to shout):

Dialectal synonyms of 喊 (“to shout; to yell”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喊, 嚷
	Taiwan	喊
	Harbin	喊, 喊呼
	Singapore	喊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喊
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喊, 喊叫
	Xuzhou	喊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	喊
	Ürümqi	喊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喊
	Wuhan	喊, 𠵫
	Guilin	喊
	Liuzhou	喊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	喊
	Yangzhou	喊
	Hefei	叫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叫, 嗌
	Hong Kong	嗌, 叫
	Dongguan	喊
	Yangjiang	喊
	Beihai	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	喊
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	喊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嗌
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	叫
	Móng Cái	喊
Gan	Nanchang	喊
Hakka	Meixian	喊
	Zijin	喊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喊
Jin	Taiyuan	喊, 叫喊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	吿
Southern Min	Xiamen	喝
	Quanzhou	喝
	Jinjiang	喝
	Zhangzhou	喝
	Taipei	咻, 喝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喝
	Kaohsiung	咻, 喝
	Yilan	喝
	Changhua (Lukang)	喝
	Taichung	喝
	Tainan	咻, 喝
	Hsinchu	喝
	Kinmen	喝
	Penghu (Magong)	喝
	Penang (Hokkien)	嚷
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喝
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝
	Chaozhou	喊
	Shantou	喊, 叱
	Puning	嚷, 呵, 叱
	Singapore (Teochew)	喝
Wu	Shanghai	喊, 叫
	Suzhou	喊
	Danyang	喊
	Ningbo	嘶, 叫
	Wenzhou	叫
Xiang	Changsha	喊
	Shuangfeng	喊

edit

• 叫 (jiào)
• 叱吒 (literary, to shout angrily)
• 叫喊 (jiàohǎn)
• 叫喚 / 叫唤 (jiàohuàn)
• 叫嚷 (jiàorǎng)
• 叫囂 / 叫嚣 (jiàoxiāo) (derogatory)
• 吆喝 (colloquial)
• 吶喊 / 呐喊 (nàhǎn)
• 呼喊 (hūhǎn)
• 喚 / 唤 (huàn)
• 喊 (hǎn)
• 喧叫 (xuānjiào)
• 喊叫 (hǎnjiào)
• 喝唿 (Hokkien)
• 喊喝 (Hokkien)
• 喊嘩 / 喊哗 (Hokkien)
• 嗝 (ke̍h) (Hokkien)
• 嘶叫 (sījiào)
• 嚷嚷 (colloquial)
• 大叫 (dàjiào)
• 大喊 (dàhǎn)
• 怒喝 (nùhè) (to shout angrily)
• 打呵喝 (da³ o⁴ ho) (Xiang)
• 高呼 (gāohū) (to shout loudly)

Compounds

• 低嚷
• 叫嚷 (jiàorǎng)
• 吵嚷 (chǎorǎng)
• 咕嚷
• 喧嚷 (xuānrǎng)
• 嘈嚷 (cáorǎng)
• 嚷刮
• 嚷叫
• 嚷罵 / 嚷骂
• 嚷鬧 / 嚷闹
• 大嚷大叫

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rāng, rǎng (rang¹, rang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤ, ㄖㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rang
    • Wade–Giles: jang¹
    • Yale: rāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rhang
    • Palladius: жан (žan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǎng
    • Wade–Giles: jang³
    • Yale: rǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raang
    • Palladius: жан (žan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

嚷

1. synonym of 嚷 (rǎng) only used in 嚷嚷 (rāngrang)

Compounds

• 嚷嚷
• 大聲嚷嚷 / 大声嚷嚷
• 紛紛嚷嚷 / 纷纷嚷嚷
• 賣嚷嚷兒 / 卖嚷嚷儿
• 鬧嚷嚷 / 闹嚷嚷

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00712
• “嚷”, 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–
• “嚷”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji

嚷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←にやう (nyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kun: わめく (wameku, 嚷く)、どなる (donaru, 嚷る)

Korean

Hanja

嚷 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚷: Hán Nôm readings: nhượng, nhằng, nhương, nhướng, nhưỡng

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