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U 555E, 啞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555E

[U 555D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U 555F]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, 8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口一中一 (RMLM), four-corner 61017, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 196, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3835
  • Dae Jaweon: page 417, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 636, character 7
  • Unihan data for U 555E

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ) : semantic (mouth) phonetic (OC *qraːɡs).

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ʔa (mute).

Pronunciation 1

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms “mute; hoarse”
𤺘

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • é/ée - vernacular;
  • á - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4
Initial () (34)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter 'aeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨX/
Li
Rong
/ʔaX/
Wang
Li
/aX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔaX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aa2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔaeX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔˁraʔ/
English mute

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4
No. 14210
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. mute; dumb (unable to speak)
  2. speechless; without sound
      ―    ―  mime
      ―  líng  ―  dumbbell
    口無言口无言  ―  kǒuwúyán  ―  to be left speechless
  3. hoarse
    嗓子 [MSC, trad.]
    嗓子 [MSC, simp.]
    hǎn de wǒ sǎngzi dōu le [Pinyin]
    to have shouted myself hoarse
  4. (of a shell, bomb, etc.) to fail to explode; (of a firearm) to fail to fire
Coordinate terms
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  • (lóng, “deaf”)
  • (máng, “blind”)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𲂉

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 3/4 4/4
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (113) (119)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter 'aek 'eak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠæk̚/ /ʔˠɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚak̚/ /ʔᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔak̚/ /ʔɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨjk̚/ /ʔəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔɐk̚/ /ʔɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɐk̚/ /æk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɐk̚/ /ʔæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
e e
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ak1 ak1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/4 4/4
No. 14223 14224
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːɡ/ /*qraːɡ/

Definitions

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  1. (onomatopoeia) laughter; sound of laughing

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/4
Initial () (34)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter 'aeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨH/
Li
Rong
/ʔaH/
Wang
Li
/aH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aa3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/4
No. 14216
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːɡs/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of
  2. (onomatopoeia) The sound of cawing.
  3. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a child learning to speak.

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. Kyūjitai form of

Readings

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

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
H
[kanji] hyōgai kanji
[kanji] Extended shinjitai form of : mute, dumb
Kanji reading:
おし
(This term, , is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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(a) (hangeul , revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: á, , , dạ

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