U+5642, 噂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5642

[U+5641]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5643]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 30, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿田戈 (RTWI), four-corner 68046, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4286
  • Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 686, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5642

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𬤢

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔsuːnʔ): semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *ʔsuːn).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tswonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suənX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡suonX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡suənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡swənX/
Li
Rong
/t͡suənX/
Wang
Li
/t͡suənX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zǔn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zyun2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17990
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
𠟃
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsuːnʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. to talk together

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai
(extended)
Shinjitai
(extended)

噂󠄀
+󠄀?
(Adobe-Japan1)
   
噂󠄂
+󠄂?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai  
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Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
うわさ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

*/upasa//ufasa//uwasa/

May be from Old Japanese. Appears from at least The Tale of Genji from the early 1000s CE.

Considering that the meaning originally referred to private conversation about one's social superiors, possibly derived as a compound of (ufa, up, upward, ancient reading of modern uwa, the combining form of modern ue; in reference to those of higher social standing) +‎ (sa, -ness, suffix indicating state or degree).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(うわさ) (uwasaうはさ (ufasa)?

  1. rumor, rumour
  2. gossip

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

(うわさ)する (uwasa surutransitive suru (stem (うわさ) (uwasa shi), past (うわさ)した (uwasa shita))

  1. to talk gossip (about)

Conjugation edit

Idioms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(jun) (hangeul , revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: ton

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