嚚

嚚 U+569A, 嚚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-569A ← 嚙 [U+5699] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚛 → [U+569B]

Translingual

Han character

嚚 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口口尸中口 (RRSLR), four-corner 6666₁, composition ⿳吅臣吅)

1. argumentative
2. talkative

Derived characters

• 𧄤, 𡅚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4518
• Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 699, character 19
• Unihan data for U+569A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嚚
alternative forms		𡂨 𡓶 𡅚 𠽺 𠿦 𡂨 𡓶 𡅚 𠽺 𠿦 𡁬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嚚
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
臤	*kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
掔	*kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
慳	*kʰriːn
藖	*ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
堅	*kiːn
鋻	*kiːn, *kiːns
鰹	*kiːn
蜸	*kʰiːnʔ
菣	*kʰiːns, *kʰins
賢	*ɡiːn
礥	*ɡiːn, *ɢrin
臔	*ɡiːnʔ
挋	*kiŋs
臣	*ɡiŋ
茞	*ɡiŋ
腎	*ɡjinʔ
頣	*hŋiŋʔ
緊	*kinʔ
嚚	*ŋɡriŋ
鏗	*kʰreːŋ
摼	*kʰreːŋ
硻	*kʰreːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴
    • Yale: ngàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngin

Rime
Character	嚚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語巾切
Baxter	ngin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjin/
Li Rong	/ŋjĕn/
Wang Li	/ŋǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡriŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚚
Reading #	1/1
No.	1349
Phonetic component	臣
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銀
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡriŋ/

Definitions

嚚

1. (archaic, literary) foolish and obstinate

   • 父頑母嚚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     父顽母嚚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Fù wán mǔ yín. [Pinyin]

     The father is obstinate and foolish; as is the mother.

2. (archaic, literary) treacherous; cunning

   • 口不道忠信之言為嚚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     口不道忠信之言为嚚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kǒu bù dào zhōngxìn zhī yán wéi yín. [Pinyin]

     Someone treacherous is someone who never speaks with devotion or faithfulness.

Compounds

• 嚚猾
• 嚚瘖
• 嚚訟 / 嚚讼
• 嚚闇 / 嚚暗

References

• “嚚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嚚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぎん (gin)、ごん (gon)、がん (gan)、げん (gen)
• Kun: わるい (warui)、おろか (oroka)、つれない (tsurenai)

Korean

Hanja

嚚 (eum 은 (eun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚚: Hán Nôm readings: ngân

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