聾

See also: 聋
聾 U+807E, 聾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807E
← 聽
[U+807D]
CJK Unified Ideographs 聿 →
[U+807F]
聾 U+F945, 聾
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F945
← 籠
[U+F944]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 牢 →
[U+F946]

Translingual

Han character

聾 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜心尸十 (YPSJ), four-corner 01401, composition ⿱龍耳)

Derived characters

  • 𭍎

References

Chinese

trad. 聾
simp. 聋
alternative forms 䏊/𰭹

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

Perhaps related to 聳 (OC *sloŋʔ, “deaf”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lè̤ng - vernacular;
  • lùng - literary.

Rime
Character 聾
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聾
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ luwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.rˁoŋ/
English deaf

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 聾
Reading # 1/1
No. 8417
Phonetic
component
龍
Rime
group
東
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
籠
Old
Chinese
/*roːŋ/

Definitions

聾

  1. deaf

Usage notes

  • 聾/聋 (lóng) can be used as a stand-alone adjective. However, the term 耳聾/耳聋 (ěrlóng) may occasionally be used instead due to homophony with 龍/龙 (lóng, “dragon”).

Synonyms

See also

  • 盲 (máng, “blind”)
  • 啞/哑 (yǎ, “mute”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

聾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. deafness
  2. deaf

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
聾
つんぼ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 聾 – see the following entry.
【つんぼ】
[noun] [from 1595] (likely offensive) deafness, deaf
[noun] [from 1595] (likely offensive) a deaf person
(This term, 聾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
聾
みみしい
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 聾 – see the following entry.
【みみしい】
[noun] 聾, 耳癈: [late 800s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) deafness, deaf
[noun] 聾, 耳癈: [late 800s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a deaf person
Alternative spelling
耳癈
(This term, 聾, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

聾 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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