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嗚

嗚

嗚 U+55DA, 嗚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55DA
← 嗙
[U+55D9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嗛 →
[U+55DB]
See also: 鳴 and 呜

Translingual

Han character

嗚 (radical 30 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口竹口火 (RHRF), four-corner 67027, composition ⿰口烏)

  1. sound of crying, sobbing

References

  • KangXi: page 203, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4084
  • Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 668, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+55DA

Chinese

trad. 嗚
simp. 呜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (烏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烏 *qaː
嗚 *qaː
鰞 *qaː
歍 *qaː
鎢 *qaː
瑦 *qaː, *qaːʔ
鄔 *qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
螐 *qaː
隖 *qaːʔ
塢 *qaːʔ, *qaːs
溩 *qaːʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嗚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 哀都切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔuo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔuo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɔ/
Li
Rong		 /ʔo/
Wang
Li		 /u/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wū
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嗚
Reading # 1/1
No. 13078
Phonetic
component		 烏
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 烏
Old
Chinese		 /*qaː/

Definitions

嗚

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Japanese

Kanji

嗚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

嗚 • ‎(o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗚 (ô, o, ọ, ỏ, u, ú)

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