吽

吽 U+543D, 吽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543D ← 吼 [U+543C] CJK Unified Ideographs 吾 → [U+543E]

Translingual

Han character

吽 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口竹手 (RHQ), four-corner 6500₀, composition ⿰口牛)

Derived characters

• 𭌨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 180, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3378
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 589, character 6
• Unihan data for U+543D

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		吽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): óu (ou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau¹, hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: óu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: óu
    • Wade–Giles: ou²
    • Yale: óu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: our
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau¹, hau²
    • Yale: hāu, háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau¹, hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo¹, heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯⁵⁵/, /hɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xuwX

Rime
Character	吽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼后切
Baxter	xuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/həuX/
Pan Wuyun	/həuX/
Shao Rongfen	/xəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həwX/
Li Rong	/xuX/
Wang Li	/xəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吽
Reading #	1/1
No.	5159
Phonetic component	吽
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吼
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːʔ/
Notes	同吼

Definitions

吽

1. Only used in 吽牙.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		吽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōng (hong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hong
    • Wade–Giles: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

吽

1. Used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 (ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng).
2. Used in 阿吽 (āhōng).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		吽

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁶
    • Yale: ngauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngeu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡeu³²/

Definitions

吽

1. (Cantonese) dull; listless

Compounds

• 吽仔
• 吽哣
• 發吽哣／发吽哣

 

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		吽

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au³
    • Yale: au
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au³
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯³³/

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

Definitions

吽

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 漚／沤 (au³)

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 吽 – see 吼 (“to roar; to shout; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 吼).

References

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “吽” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01034
• “吽”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

吽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bark, growl
2. Used in Sanskrit transliterations

Readings

As "to bark, howl":

• Go-on: く (ku); ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō); ごう (gō)
• Kun: ほえる (hoeru, 吽える)

As transcription of Sanskrit हूँ (hūm̐):

• Go-on: おん (on)^{←おん (on, historical)←おむ (omu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: いん (in)^{←いん (in, historical)←いむ (imu, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: うん (un)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
吽
うん Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon

Kan'yoon pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) う​ん [úꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

吽(うん) • (un) 

1. (Buddhism) the Sanskrit syllable hūṃ

Korean

Hanja

吽 • (hu, eum, u) (hangeul 후, 음, 우, revised hu, eum, u, McCune–Reischauer hu, ŭm, u)

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Vietnamese

Han character

吽: Hán Việt readings: hồng, hống, ngâu, oanh, ẩu
吽: Nôm readings: hống, ngào

1. chữ Hán form of Hồng (“a personal name”).
2. chữ Hán form of hồng (“transliteration of hūṃ (हूँ) in Buddhism”).