哴

哴 U+54F4, 哴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54F4 ← 哳 [U+54F3] CJK Unified Ideographs 哵 → [U+54F5]

Translingual

Han character

哴 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈日女 (RIAV), composition ⿰口良)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3670
• Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 634, character 10
• Unihan data for U+54F4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		哴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
剆	*raːl, *raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋	*raːŋ, *raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴	*raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàng (liang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴
    • Yale: lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljangH

Rime
Character	哴
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力讓切
Baxter	ljangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/liaŋH/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哴
Reading #	2/2
No.	8052
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	亮
Old Chinese	/*raŋs/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

哴

1. ^‡ Only used in 哴唴 (“to cry until hoarse”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láng (lang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láng
    • Wade–Giles: lang²
    • Yale: láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lang

Rime
Character	哴
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯當切
Baxter	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哴
Reading #	1/2
No.	8028
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/

Definitions

哴

1. ^‡ Only used in 哴吭 (“appearance of blowing”).

Pronunciation 3

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nêe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nêe
    • Tâi-lô: nêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɛ̃¹³/

Definitions

哴

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to lick
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to use the tongue to get rid of foreign matter in one's mouth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舔 (“to lick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		舐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舔
Mandarin	Beijing	舔
	Taiwan	舔
	Jinan	舔
	Wanrong	舔
	Xi'an	舔
	Xining	舔
	Wuhan	舔
	Chengdu	舔
	Guilin	舔
	Yangzhou	舔
	Hefei	舔
	Singapore	舔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𦧺, 舔, 舐
	Hong Kong	𦧺, 舔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	舔, 𦧺
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	舔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𦧺
	Taishan	舐, 舔
	Dongguan	舐
	Yangjiang	舐, 舔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𦧺
	Singapore (Guangfu)	𦧺
Gan	Nanchang	舔
Hakka	Meixian	舐
	Xingning	舐
	Huidong (Daling)	舐
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	舐
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	舐
	Changting	舐
	Wuping	舐
	Wuping (Pingyu)	舐
	Liancheng	舐
	Ninghua	舐
	Ruijin	舐
	Shicheng	舐
	Shangyou (Shexi)	舐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	舐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	舐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	舐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	㐁
	Hong Kong	舐
	Senai (Huiyang)	舐
Jin	Taiyuan	舔
	Xinzhou	舔涮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	狧
	Songxi	狧
	Zhenghe	狧
	Jianyang	狧
	Wuyishan	狧
	Pucheng (Shibei)	狧
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𩞨
	Changle	𩞨
	Fuqing	𩞨
	Yongtai	𩞨
	Gutian	𩞨
	Fu'an	𩞨
	Ningde	𩞨
	Shouning	𩞨
	Zhouning	𩞨
	Fuding	𩞨
Southern Min	Xiamen	舐
	Quanzhou	舐
	Yongchun	舐
	Zhangzhou	舐, 哴
	Penang (Hokkien)	jilat
	Manila (Hokkien)	舐
	Longyan	舐
	Chaozhou	舐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	舐
	Haikou	舐
	Tunchang	舐
Wu	Shanghai	舔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	舔
	Suzhou	舔
	Hangzhou	舔
	Ningbo	舔
	Wenzhou	舔, 舐
Xiang	Changsha	舔
	Shuangfeng	舔