哄

See also: 鬨 and 閧

哄 U+54C4, 哄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C4 ← 哃 [U+54C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 哅 → [U+54C5]

Translingual

Han character

哄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金 (RTC), four-corner 6408₁, composition ⿰口共)

Related characters

• 鬨, 閧 (Variant traditional forms in mainland China)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3588
• Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 612, character 3
• Unihan data for U+54C4

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
港	*kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
巷	*ɡroːŋs
衖	*ɡroːŋs
鬨	*ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
烘	*qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
洪	*ɡloːŋ
鉷	*ɡloːŋ
谼	*ɡloːŋ
葓	*ɡoːŋ
哄	*ɡloːŋs
蕻	*ɡloːŋs
恭	*kloŋ
供	*kloŋ, *kloŋs
龔	*kloŋ
珙	*kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
共	*kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
髸	*kloŋ
拱	*kloŋʔ
拲	*kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
蛬	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
栱	*kloŋʔ
輁	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
舼	*ɡloŋ
輂	*kloɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡloːŋs) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		哄
alternative forms		嚇／吓 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǒng (hong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁶ / hung³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hóng / hōng / háng / háⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǒng
    • Wade–Giles: hung³
    • Yale: hǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoong
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Yale: huhng / hung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²²/, /hʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng
    • Tâi-lô: hōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: háng
    • Tâi-lô: háng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harng
    • IPA (Singapore): /haŋ⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /haŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: háⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hã⁴¹/

Note:

• hóng - literary;
• háng/háⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hong²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: huwngH

Rime
Character	哄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡貢切
Baxter	huwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡloːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哄
Reading #	1/1
No.	4161
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	哄
Old Chinese	/*ɡloːŋs/

Definitions

哄

1. to fool; to cheat
2. to keep (especially a child) in good humor; to coax
3. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien) to frighten; to menace; to threaten; to intimidate by violent language

Compounds

• 侵哄
• 哄人
• 哄哄
• 哄嚇騙詐 / 哄吓骗诈
• 哄弄
• 哄賺 / 哄赚
• 哄頭 / 哄头
• 哄騙 / 哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
• 啜哄
• 打哄
• 撮科打哄
• 攛哄 / 撺哄
• 攛哄鳥亂 / 撺哄鸟乱
• 曾著賣糖君子哄，如今不信口甜人 / 曾着卖糖君子哄，如今不信口甜人 (céng zhāo mài táng jūnzǐ hǒng, rújīn bùxìn kǒutián rén)
• 瞞哄 / 瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
• 蒙哄
• 詐哄 / 诈哄
• 誆哄 / 诓哄
• 調哄 / 调哄
• 賺哄 / 赚哄

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		哄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōng (hong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong / hang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hong
    • Wade–Giles: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
    • Tâi-lô: hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hang
    • Tâi-lô: hang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /haŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• hong - literary;
• hang - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hong¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hong
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³³/

Definitions

哄

1. (of many people) to vocalize simultaneously

   See also: 叿

Compounds

• 一哄而上
• 一哄而散
• 一哄而起 (yīhōng'érqǐ)
• 一哄而集
• 串哄
• 亂哄哄 / 乱哄哄
• 和哄
• 哄傳 / 哄传
• 哄傳一時 / 哄传一时
• 哄動 / 哄动 (hōngdòng)
• 哄哄翕翕
• 哄堂 (hōngtáng)
• 哄堂大笑 (hōngtángdàxiào)
• 哄抬 (hōngtái)
• 哄抬物價 / 哄抬物价
• 哄搶 / 哄抢
• 哄然
• 喧哄
• 打和哄
• 熱鬧哄哄 / 热闹哄哄
• 稀里打哄
• 胡廝哄 / 胡厮哄
• 趁哄
• 趁哄打劫
• 鬧哄哄 / 闹哄哄

 

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 哄 – see 鬨 (“to fight; to combat; to cause a commotion or disturbance”). (This character is the simplified form of 鬨).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		哄
alternative forms		烘

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁶ / hung³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Yale: huhng / hung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²²/, /hʊŋ³³/

Note: hung3 - Hong Kong.

Definitions

哄

1. (Cantonese) to move close to (somebody); to crowd (somebody)

   哄埋嚟我度做咩啫？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   hung³ maai⁴ lai⁴ ngo⁵ dou⁶ zou⁶ me¹ ze¹? [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji

哄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)、ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: こえ (koe, 哄)^{←こゑ (kowe, 哄, historical)}、たぶらかす (taburakasu)

Korean

Hanja

哄 (eum 홍 (hong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

哄: Hán Nôm readings: họng, hống, hòng, ngọng, rống

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References

• Nom Foundation