唖

See also: 啞

唖 U+5516, 唖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5516
← 唕
[U+5515]
CJK Unified Ideographs 唗 →
[U+5517]

Translingual

Stroke order
Traditional 啞
Shinjitai
(extended)
唖
Simplified 哑

Han character

唖 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口一中一 (RMLM) or 難口一中一 (XRMLM), composition ⿰口亜)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 193, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3743
  • Dae Jaweon: page 413, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 626, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5516

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 啞 (亞 → 亜).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 唖 – see 啞 (“mute; dumb; speechless; without sound; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 啞).
Notes:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

唖

Kyūjitai

啞

Kanji

唖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 啞)

  1. Extended shinjitai form of 啞: mute, dumb

Readings

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC 'aeX); compare Mandarin 啞/哑 (yǎ):

  • Go-on: え (e)
  • Kan-on: あ (a)

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC 'aeH); compare Mandarin 啞/哑 (yā):

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC 'eak); compare Mandarin 啞/哑 (è):

From native Japanese roots:

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
唖
あ
Hyōgaiji
kan’on
Alternative spelling
啞 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC 'aeX).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

唖(あ) • (a) 

  1. muteness; dumbness

Affix

唖(あ) • (a) 

  1. mute, dumb
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 唖 – see the following entry: おし

(The following entry is uncreated: おし.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

唖 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

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