嚨

See also: 咙

嚨 U+56A8, 嚨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56A8 ← 嚧 [U+56A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚩 → [U+56A9]

Translingual

Traditional	嚨
Shinjitai (extended)	𠺠
Simplified	咙

Han character

嚨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口卜月心 (RYBP), four-corner 6101₁, composition ⿰口龍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4550
• Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 703, character 11
• Unihan data for U+56A8

Chinese

trad.		嚨
simp.		咙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roːŋ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nong¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lung⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): luung³

• Gan (Wiktionary): lung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lùng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lung²

• Jin (Wiktionary): lung¹
• Northern Min (KCR): liǎng
• Eastern Min (BUC): lè̤ng / lùng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): le² / lorng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nâ / lông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): long²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /noŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: luung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵŋ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lung²
    • Sinological IPA: /luŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lung²
    • Sinological IPA: /lʊŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /luŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤ng / lùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃øyŋ⁵³/, /l̃uŋ⁵³/

Note:

• lè̤ng - vernacular;
• lùng - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: le²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /le¹³/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ló̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ²⁴/
Note:
• le2 - vernacular;
• lorng2 - literary.
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ / lông
    • Tâi-lô: nâ / lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naa, loong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã²⁴/, /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²⁴/, /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã¹³/, /lɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã²⁴/, /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³/, /lɔŋ²³/
Note:
• nâ - vernacular;
• lông - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lon
    • MiniDict: lon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loŋ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: long²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /l̃ʊŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /lən¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: luwng

Rime
Character	嚨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
Baxter	luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚨
Reading #	1/1
No.	8419
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/

Definitions

嚨

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 咕嚨 / 咕咙
• 哄嚨 / 哄咙
• 啌嚨 / 啌咙
• 喉嚨 / 喉咙 (hóulóng)
• 嚨哅 / 咙哅
• 嚨喉 / 咙喉 (lónghóu)
• 嚨嚨 / 咙咙
• 嚨胡 / 咙胡
• 大喉嚨 / 大喉咙 (dàhóulóng)
• 沙喉嚨 / 沙喉咙
• 胡嚨 / 胡咙
• 黑咕嚨冬 / 黑咕咙冬
• 鼓嚨胡 / 鼓咙胡

References

• “嚨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “咙”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 144.

Japanese

Shinjitai	𠺠
Kyūjitai	嚨

Kanji

嚨

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𠺠)

1. throat

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: のど (nodo, 嚨)

Korean

Hanja

嚨 • (rong) (hangeul 롱, revised rong, McCune–Reischauer rong)

1. throat

Vietnamese

Han character

嚨: Hán Nôm readings: lùng

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