嚶

See also: 嘤

嚶	U+56B6, 嚶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B6

← 嚵
[U+56B5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嚷 →
[U+56B7]

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

trad.		嚶
simp.		嘤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嚶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
瀴	qreːŋs, mqeːŋʔ, *qeːŋʔ
甖	*qreːŋ
鸚	*qreːŋ
櫻	*qreːŋ
嚶	*qreːŋ
罌	*qreːŋ
鸎	*qreːŋ
譻	*qreːŋ
賏	qreŋs, qeŋ
嬰	*qeŋ
瓔	*qeŋ
纓	*qeŋ
攖	*qeŋ
蘡	*qeŋ
癭	*qeŋʔ
廮	*qeŋʔ
巊	*qeːŋʔ

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīng (ying¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jing¹
  - Yale: yīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'eang

Rime
Character	嚶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏莖切
Baxter	'eang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔɛŋ/
Wang Li	/æŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ang¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚶
Reading #	1/1
No.	15330
Phonetic component	賏
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	甖
Old Chinese	/*qreːŋ/

Definitions

嚶

(onomatopoeia) the call of a bird
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Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹an

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹an
  - MiniDict: an^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹an
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ã⁵³/

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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

Japanese

Kanji

嚶

(Hyōgai kanji)

chirping
birds singing together

Readings

On (unclassified): おう (ō)
Kun: なく (naku)

Korean

Hanja

嚶 • (aeng) (hangeul 앵, revised aeng, McCune–Reischauer aeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚶: Hán Nôm readings: inh

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