嘩

See also: 哗 and 譁

嘩 U+5629, 嘩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5629 ← 嘨 [U+5628] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘪 → [U+562A]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

嘩 (radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿一十 (RTMJ), four-corner 6405₄, composition ⿰口華)

References

• KangXi: page 206, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4235
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 665, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5629

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (華) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鞾	*qʰʷa
華	*qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
譁	*qʰʷraː
樺	*ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
嘩	*ɡʷraː
驊	*ɡʷraː
鏵	*ɡʷraː
崋	*ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷraː): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 華 (OC *qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		嘩/譁
simp.		哗*

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá (hua²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹, jip⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoa / hôa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hua²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huá
    • IPA ^(key): /xwä˧˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹, jip⁶
    • Yale: wā, yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹, jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹, yib⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wäː˥/, /jiːp˨/

Note: jip6 - rare.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa
    • Tâi-lô: hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua˦˦/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua˧˧/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa
    • Tâi-lô: huâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hua˨˦/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua˩˧/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hua¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hua
    • IPA ^(key): /hua³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠua/▼

Rime
Character	嘩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼瓜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/xua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨ/
Li Rong	/xua/
Wang Li	/xwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huā

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷraː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嘩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huá
Middle Chinese	‹ xwae ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁra/
English	shout
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘩
Reading #	1/1
No.	5311
Phonetic component	華
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	華
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷraː/
Notes	譁或體

Definitions

嘩

1. to make noise; to be noisy; to be uproarious

Compounds

• 喧嘩／喧哗 (xuānhuá)
• 嘩世取寵／哗世取宠
• 嘩噪／哗噪
• 嘩囂／哗嚣

• 嘩然／哗然 (huárán)
• 嘩眾取寵／哗众取宠 (huázhòngqǔchǒng)
• 嘩笑／哗笑

• 嘩變／哗变
• 嘩釦／哗扣
• 語笑喧嘩／语笑喧哗

Pronunciation 2

trad.		嘩
simp.		哗*

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huā (hua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹, waa⁴, faa¹, jip⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khôa / hôa / hoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hua
    • IPA ^(key): /xwä˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹, waa⁴, faa¹, jip⁶
    • Yale: wā, wàh, fā, yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹, waa⁴, faa¹, jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹, wa⁴, fa¹, yib⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wäː˥/, /wäː˨˩/, /fäː˥/, /jiːp˨/

Note: faa1, jip6 - rare.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôa
    • Tâi-lô: khuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua˨˦/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa
    • Tâi-lô: huâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua˨˦/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa
    • Tâi-lô: hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua˧˧/

Note:

• Xiamen:
  • khôa - vernacular;
  • hôa - literary.

(Teochew)

• Peng'im: hua¹
• Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hua
• IPA ^(key): /hua³³/

Definitions

嘩

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of flowing or gurgling water
2. (onomatopoeia) thump; clang; sound of crashing

Compounds

• 嘩啦／哗啦
• 嘩啦啦／哗啦啦

• 嘩喇喇／哗喇喇
• 白嘩嘩／白哗哗

• 稀里嘩啦／稀里哗啦 (xīlǐhuālā)

Pronunciation 3

trad.		嘩
simp.		哗*

• Min Nan (POJ): hōa / hǒa / hoa

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōa
    • Tâi-lô: huā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua˨˨/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua˧˧/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒa
    • Tâi-lô: huǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua˨˨/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa
    • Tâi-lô: hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua˦˦/

Definitions

嘩

1. (Min Nan) to joke around; to laugh and play
2. (Min Nan) to make noise; to bustle

Compounds

• 反嘩／反哗
• 喊嘩／喊哗
• 嘩嘩叫／哗哗叫
• 嘩嘩吼／哗哗吼
• 嘩嘩嚷／哗哗嚷

• 嘩嘩滾／哗哗滚
• 嘩滾／哗滚
• 嘩酒／哗酒
• 嘻嘻嘩嘩／嘻嘻哗哗

• 摽嘩／摽哗
• 摽滾嘩／摽滚哗
• 滾嘩／滚哗
• 講嘩／讲哗

Pronunciation 4

trad.		嘩
simp.		哗*

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa³
    • Yale: wa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa³
    • IPA ^(key): /wäː˧/

Definitions

嘩

1. (Cantonese) wow!; whoa! (used to express surprise or admiration)

   嘩，咁多人嘅？ / 哗，咁多人嘅？ [Cantonese]  ―  Waa³, gam³ do¹ jan⁴ ge²? [Jyutping]  ―  Whoa, there's so many people.

   嘩，好靚啊！ / 哗，好靓啊！ [Cantonese]  ―  Waa³, hou² leng³ aa³! [Jyutping]  ―  Wow, it's so pretty!

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Japanese

Kanji

嘩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. noisy

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)^{←げ (ge, historical)←ぐゑ (gwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Kun: かまびすしい (kamabisushii, 嘩しい)

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Korean

Hanja

嘩 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune–Reischauer hwa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘩 (hoa)

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References

• Nom Foundation