唖

See also: 啞

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

Translingual
Stroke order
Traditional 啞
Shinjitai
(extended)		 唖
Simplified 哑

Han character

唖 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 1, page 626, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5516

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 啞 (亞 → 亜).

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 唖 – see 啞 (“mute; dumb; speechless; without sound; etc.”).
(This character, 唖, is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 啞.)
Notes:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

 唖

Kyūjitai

 啞

Kanji
唖

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

  1. Extended shinjitai form of 啞: mute, dumb

Readings

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC ʔˠaX); compare Mandarin 啞／哑 (yǎ):

  • Go-on: え (e)
  • Kan-on: あ (a)

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC ʔˠaH); compare Mandarin 啞／哑 (yā):

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC ʔˠɛk̚); compare Mandarin 啞／哑 (è):

From native Japanese roots:

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
唖
あ
Hyōgaiji
kan’on
Alternative spelling
啞 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC ʔˠaX).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

唖(あ) • (a) 

  1. muteness; dumbness

Affix

唖(あ) • (a) 

  1. mute, dumb
Derived terms
mute, dumb

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 唖 – see おし.
(This term, 唖, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 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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