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嗚呼

嗚呼

See also: 呜呼

Chinese

(onomat. for humming)
 
to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
trad. (嗚呼) 嗚 呼
simp. (呜呼) 呜 呼

Interjection

嗚呼

  1. (archaic) alas; alack; wellaway

Verb

嗚呼

  1. (euphemistic) to die; to pass away

Derived terms

  • 一命嗚呼／一命呜呼
  • 嗚呼哀哉／呜呼哀哉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嗚 呼
Hyōgaiji Grade: 6

Alternative forms

  • あゝ ‎(ā)

Pronunciation

Interjection

嗚呼 ‎(hiragana ああ, romaji ā)

  1. Oh!, Ah!

Usage notes

Phonetic ateji (当て字). This term is almost always written in kana.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嗚 呼
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 哀都切 荒烏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔuo/ /huo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔuo/ /huo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔo/ /xo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɔ/ /hɔ/
Li
Rong		 /ʔo/ /xo/
Wang
Li		 /u/ /xu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔuo/ /xuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wū hū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 呼 呼
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 hū hù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xu › ‹ xuH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰˤa/ /*qʰˤa-s/
English call out, shout call out, shout

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 嗚 呼
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13078 5181
Phonetic
component		 烏 乎
Rime
group		 魚 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 烏 呼
Old
Chinese		 /*qaː/ /*qʰaː/

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