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 難口一中一 (XRMLM), composition ⿰口亜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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 is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 啞).

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

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00604-001

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	唖
Kyūjitai	啞

Kanji

唖

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 啞)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 啞: mute, dumb

Readings

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

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あ (a)

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

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あ (a)

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

• Go-on: やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: あく (aku)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: おし (oshi, 唖)

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

• 唖(あく)唖(あく)／啞(あく)啞(あく) (akuaku)
• 唖(あく)然(ぜん)／啞(あく)然(ぜん) (akuzen)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
唖
あ Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
啞 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 啞 (MC 'aeX).

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ [áꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠]

Noun

唖(あ) • (a) 

1. muteness; dumbness

Affix

唖(あ) • (a) 

1. mute, dumb

Derived terms

mute, dumb

• 唖(あ)唖(あ)／啞(あ)啞(あ) (ā)
• 唖(あ)咽(えつ)／啞(あ)咽(えつ) (aetsu)
• 唖(あ)呕(おう)／啞(あ)嘔(おう) (aō)
• 唖(あ)子(し)／啞(あ)子(し) (ashi)
• 唖(あ)者(しゃ)／啞(あ)者(しゃ) (asha, “a mute person”)
• 唖(あ)然(ぜん)／啞(あ)然(ぜん) (azen, “dumbfounded, speechless”)
• 唖(あ)咤(た)／啞(あ)咤(た) (ata)
• 唖(あ)鈴(れい)／啞(あ)鈴(れい) (arei, “dumbbell”)
• 盲(もう)唖(あ)／盲(もう)啞(あ) (mōa, “blind and deaf-mute”)
• 聾(ろう)唖(あ)／聾(ろう)啞(あ) (rōa, “deafness, deaf-mute”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 唖 – see the following entry: おし

(The following entry is uncreated: おし.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

唖: Hán Việt readings: á, ạ, ớ

1. Variant of 啞, see there for more details.