U+55E1, 嗡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55E1

[U+55E0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+55E2]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 30, +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口金戈一 (RCIM), four-corner 68027, composition )

Further reading edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4106
  • Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 669, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+55E1

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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Pronunciation edit


Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4097
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qloːŋ/

Definitions edit

  1. (onomatopoeia) buzzing; droning; humming

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

Semantic loan from Sanskrit (oṃ).

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Buddhism) om
    Synonym:

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): ろう (); (ra)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 울음 (so ureum ong))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Việt readings: ông, án
: Nôm readings: óng, ông

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