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嚶
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See also: 嘤
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Translingual
Han character
嚶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口月金女 (RBCV), four-corner 66044, composition ⿰口嬰)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4592
- Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 1
- Unihan data for U+56B6
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qreːŋ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 嬰 (OC *qeŋ).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yīng
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ying
- Wade–Giles: ying1
- Yale: yīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
- Palladius: ин (in)
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jing1
- Yale: yīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jing1
- Guangdong Romanization: ying1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: 'eang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qreːŋ/
Definitions
嚶
- (onomatopoeia) the call of a bird
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Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
嚶
- (Shanghainese, onomatopoeia) the sound made when lulling a child to sleep by song
- (Shanghainese) to lull or console a child by humming
- (Taizhou Wu) to hum; to quietly sing
- 小歌嚶嚶/小歌嘤嘤 [Wu] ― to hum a tune away
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Japanese
Kanji
嚶
- chirping
- birds singing together
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嚶 • (aeng) (hangeul 앵, revised aeng, McCune–Reischauer aeng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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