哼

哼 U+54FC, 哼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54FC ← 哻 [U+54FB] CJK Unified Ideographs 哽 → [U+54FD]

Translingual

Han character

哼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口卜口弓 (RYRN), four-corner 6002₇, composition ⿰口亨)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3679
• Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 632, character 14
• Unihan data for U+54FC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		哼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
亨	*qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ
享	*qʰaŋʔ
烹	*pqʰraːŋ
脝	*qʰraːŋ
悙	*qʰraːŋ
哼	*qʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːŋ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 亨 (OC *qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēng (heng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heng
    • Wade–Giles: hêng¹
    • Yale: hēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heng
    • Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang¹
    • Yale: hāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哼
Reading #	1/1
No.	5118
Phonetic component	亨
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	脝
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːŋ/

Definitions

哼

1. to hum; to croon

   嗱，你啲歌呢，隻隻我都識哼幾句呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   嗱，你啲歌呢，只只我都识哼几句呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: [1]

   naa⁴, nei⁵ di¹ go¹ ne¹, zek³ zek³ ngo⁵ dou¹ sik¹ hang¹ gei² geoi³ aa³. [Jyutping]

   I know how to hum a bit of every single one of your songs.

2. to moan; to groan

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hng (hng⁵／hng⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄏㄫ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hng⁶, hm⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hn̍gh / hngh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hng
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄏㄫ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hn̊g
    • Wade–Giles: hng⁵
    • Yale: hng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hng5
    • Palladius: хн (xn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xŋ̍/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hng⁶, hm⁶
    • Yale: hng6, hm6
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hng⁶, hm⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hng⁶, hm⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hŋ̍²²/, /hm̩²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̍gh
    • Tâi-lô: hn̍gh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hngh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hŋ̍ʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hŋ̍ʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hŋ̍ʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hngh
    • Tâi-lô: hngh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hngq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hŋ̍ʔ³²/

Definitions

哼

1. interjection at the start of a sentence expressing disapproval, disdain, discontent, displeasure, or anger: hmph; humph

Compounds

• 不哼不哈 (bùhēng-bùhā)
• 哼兒哈兒／哼儿哈儿
• 哼哈二將／哼哈二将
• 哼哼
• 哼唧 (hēngji)
• 哼哼唧唧
• 哼唷
• 哼唱 (hēngchàng)
• 慢哼哼
• 那哼

 

Japanese

Kanji

哼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); きょう (kyō)
• Kun: おびえる (obieru, 哼える)

Korean

Hanja

哼 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哼: Hán Nôm readings: hanh

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