聾

See also: 聋

聾 U+807E, 聾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807E ← 聽 [U+807D] CJK Unified Ideographs 聿 → [U+807F]

聾 U+F945, 聾 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F945 ← 籠 [U+F944] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 牢 → [U+F946]

Translingual

Han character

聾 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜心尸十 (YPSJ), four-corner 0140₁, composition ⿱龍耳)

Derived characters

• 𭍎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 970, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29212
• Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2800, character 5
• Unihan data for U+807E

• Unihan data for U+F945

Chinese

trad.		聾
simp.		聋
alternative forms		䏊／𰭹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 聾
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ) : phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) – deaf.

Etymology

Perhaps related to 聳 (OC *sloŋʔ, “deaf”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lung⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): luung³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lung¹

• Northern Min (KCR): sông
• Eastern Min (BUC): lè̤ng / lùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâng / lông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: luung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /luŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤ng / lùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃øyŋ⁵³/, /l̃uŋ⁵³/

Note:

• lè̤ng - vernacular;
• lùng - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan, Kinmen): /laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
    • Tâi-lô: lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/

Note:

• lâng - vernacular;
• lông - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lon
    • MiniDict: lon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: luwng

Rime
Character	聾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
Baxter	luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.rˤoŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ luwng ›
Old Chinese	/*C.rˁoŋ/
English	deaf
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	聾
Reading #	1/1
No.	8417
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/

Definitions

聾

1. deaf

Usage notes

• 聾／聋 (lóng) can be used as a stand-alone adjective. However, the term 耳聾／耳聋 (ěrlóng) may occasionally be used instead due to homophony with 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳聾 (“deaf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		失聰, 耳聾, 聾, 聾聵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	耳聾
	Singapore	耳聾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	實聾
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	聾
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	實聾
	Wanrong	聾
	Xi'an	聾
	Xuzhou	實聾
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	聾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	板聾
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聾, 耳聾
	Taishan	耳聾
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聾, 耳聾
Gan	Nanchang	聾
	Pingxiang	有聾
Hakka	Meixian	耳聾
	Yudu	耳朵聾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳聾, 臭耳聾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳聾, 臭耳聾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳聾, 臭耳聾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳聾, 臭耳聾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳聾, 臭耳聾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳聾, 臭耳聾
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵聾
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聾耳
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳聾, 聾
Southern Min	Xiamen	臭耳聾
	Quanzhou	臭耳聾
	Zhangzhou	臭耳聾, 臭耳仔, 臭耳空, 臭耳
	Taipei	臭耳聾
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	臭耳聾
	Kaohsiung	臭耳聾
	Yilan	臭耳聾
	Changhua (Lukang)	臭耳聾
	Taichung	臭耳聾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	臭耳聾
	Tainan	臭耳聾
	Taitung	臭耳聾
	Hsinchu	臭耳聾
	Kinmen	臭耳聾
	Penghu (Magong)	臭耳聾
	Penang (Hokkien)	臭耳聾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	臭耳聾
	Manila (Hokkien)	臭耳
	Shantou	耳聾
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	耳聾
	Jieyang	耳聾
	Singapore (Teochew)	耳聾, 臭耳聾
	Leizhou	聾在, 耳聾
	Haikou	青聾
Wu	Shanghai	聾膨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵聾
	Suzhou	耳朵聾
	Danyang	聾
	Hangzhou	耳朵聾
	Ningbo	擣地聾
	Wenzhou	聾
	Jinhua	耳朵聾

See also

• 盲 (máng, “blind”)
• 啞／哑 (yǎ, “mute”)

Compounds

• 以聾辨聲／以聋辨声
• 借聽於聾／借听于聋
• 天聾地啞／天聋地哑
• 振聾發聵／振聋发聩 (zhènlóngfākuì)
• 推聾做啞／推聋做哑
• 推聾裝啞／推聋装哑
• 發聾振聵／发聋振聩
• 耳聾／耳聋 (ěrlóng)
• 耳聾目花／耳聋目花
• 聾人／聋人 (lóngrén)
• 聾俗／聋俗
• 聾啞／聋哑 (lóngyǎ)
• 聾啞學校／聋哑学校
• 聾啞症／聋哑症
• 聾子／聋子 (lóngzi)
• 聾盲瘖啞／聋盲瘖哑
• 聾者之歌／聋者之歌
• 聾聵／聋聩 (lóngkuì)
• 聾胞／聋胞
• 聾蟲／聋虫
• 臭耳聾／臭耳聋
• 舌弊耳聾／舌弊耳聋
• 裝聾作啞／装聋作哑 (zhuānglóngzuòyǎ)
• 裝聾裝啞／装聋装哑
• 詐啞佯聾／诈哑佯聋
• 鄭昭宋聾／郑昭宋聋
• 震耳欲聾／震耳欲聋 (zhèn'ěryùlóng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

聾

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. deafness
2. deaf

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: つんぼ (tsunbo, 聾)、みみしい (mimishī, 聾)

Compounds

• 聾(ろう)唖(あ) (rōa, “deafness; a deaf person”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
聾
つんぼ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 聾 – see the following entry.

【つんぼ】 [noun] [from 1595] (likely offensive) deafness, deaf [noun] [from 1595] (likely offensive) a deaf person

(This term, 聾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
聾
みみしい Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 聾 – see the following entry.

【みみしい】 [noun] 聾, 耳癈: [late 800s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) deafness, deaf [noun] 聾, 耳癈: [late 800s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a deaf person Alternative spelling 耳癈

(This term, 聾, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

聾 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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