唖

See also: 啞
唖 U+5516, 唖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5516
← 唕
[U+5515] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 唗 →
[U+5517]

Translingual
Traditional 啞
Shinjitai
(extended)		 唖
Simplified 哑

Han character

唖 (radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口一中一 (RMLM) or X口一中一 (XRMLM), composition ⿰口亜)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 193, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3743
  • Dae Jaweon: page 413, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 626, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5516

Japanese

Kanji
唖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 啞)

  1. mute, dumb

Readings
  • Go-on: え (e); やく (yaku)
  • Kan-on: あ (a); あく (aku)
  • Kun: おし (oshi, 唖)

References
  • New Nelson: 795
  • Halpern: not listed
  • Halpern Learners: not listed
  • Heisig: 2958
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3d8.3
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
唖
あ
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC ʔˠaX).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

唖 (hiragana あ, rōmaji a)

  1. muteness; dumbness

Affix

唖 (hiragana あ, rōmaji a)

  1. mute, dumb
Derived terms
mute, dumb

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 唖 – see おし.
(This term, 唖, is a kanji spelling of おし.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

唖 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

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