嗡

嗡 U+55E1, 嗡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55E1
← 嗠
[U+55E0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嗢 →
[U+55E2]

Translingual

Han character

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

Further reading
  • 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
trad. 嗡
simp. # 嗡

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (公) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
慃 *qroːŋʔ
袞 *kluːnʔ
蔉 *kluːnʔ
滾 *kluːnʔ
忩 *sʰloːŋ
鬆 *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
凇 *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
公 *kloːŋ
蚣 *kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
翁 *qloːŋ
螉 *qloːŋ
蓊 *qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
嗡 *qloːŋ
滃 *qloːŋʔ
暡 *qloːŋʔ
勜 *qloːŋʔ
塕 *qloːŋʔ
瓮 *qloːŋs
崧 *sqʰluŋ
菘 *sqʰluŋ
硹 *sqʰluŋ
淞 *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
蜙 *sqʰloŋ
倯 *sqʰloŋ
松 *sɢloŋ
訟 *sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
頌 *sɢloŋs, *loŋ
忪 *kljoŋ
彸 *kljoŋ
衳 *kljoŋ
伀 *kljoŋ
妐 *kljoŋ
炂 *kljoŋ
鈆 *kljoŋ, *lon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːŋ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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

Definitions

嗡

  1. (onomatopoeia) buzzing; droning; humming

Compounds
  • 嗡嗡 (wēngwēng)
  • 嗡嗡彈／嗡嗡弹
  • 嗡嗡祖拉
  • 嗡子
  • 嗡鳴／嗡鸣
  • 大轟大嗡／大轰大嗡

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

嗡

  1. (Buddhism) om
    Synonym: 唵

Compounds
  • 嗡摩尼呸咩哄 (wēng mānī bēimēi hòng )
  • 嗡阿吽 (wēng ā hòng )

References

Japanese

Kanji
嗡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): ろう (rō); ら (ra)

Korean

Hanja

嗡 (eumhun 소 울음 옹 (so ureum ong))

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References

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References
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