# 嗯

| 嗯 | U+55EF, &#21999; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55EF |
| ← 嗮 [U+55EE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嗰 → [U+55F0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嗯 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口田大心 (RWKP), four-corner 6603$_0$, composition ⿰口恩)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 668, character 3
* Unihan data for U+55EF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 欭 | *qrils |
| 烟 | *qiːn, *qin |
| 胭 | *qiːn |
| 咽 | *qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd |
| 恩 | *qɯːn |
| 煾 | *qɯːn |
| 因 | *qin |
| 姻 | *qin |
| 茵 | *qin |
| 鞇 | *qin |
| 氤 | *qin |
| 洇 | *qin |
| 駰 | *qin, *qrin |
| 絪 | *qin |
| 裀 | *qin |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 恩.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ńg, ń, én, éng (ng$^2$, n$^2$, en$^2$, eng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㆭˊ, ㄯˊ, ㄣˊ, ㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ńg
*** Zhuyin: ㆭˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ńg
*** Wade–Giles: ng$^2$
*** Yale: ńg
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng2
*** Palladius: н (n)
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ń
*** Zhuyin: ㄯˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ń
*** Wade–Giles: n$^2$
*** Yale: ń
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n2
*** Palladius: нь (nʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /n̩³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: én
*** Zhuyin: ㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: én
*** Wade–Giles: ên$^2$
*** Yale: én
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ern
*** Palladius: энь (enʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀən³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: éng
*** Zhuyin: ㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: éng
*** Wade–Giles: êng$^2$
*** Yale: éng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erng
*** Palladius: эн (en)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ng$^2$
*** Yale: ńg
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍³⁵/

#### Definitions

嗯
* Used as an interjection to express doubt or curiosity.

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ňg, ň, ěn, ěng, en (ng$^3$, n$^3$, en$^3$, eng$^3$, en$^5$／en$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ㆭˇ, ㄯˇ, ㄣˇ, ㄥˇ, ˙ㄣ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ňg
*** Zhuyin: ㆭˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ňg
*** Wade–Giles: ng$^3$
*** Yale: ňg
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng3
*** Palladius: н (n)
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ň
*** Zhuyin: ㄯˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ň
*** Wade–Giles: n$^3$
*** Yale: ň
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n3
*** Palladius: нь (nʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /n̩²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ěn
*** Zhuyin: ㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ěn
*** Wade–Giles: ên$^3$
*** Yale: ěn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: een
*** Palladius: энь (enʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀən²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ěng
*** Zhuyin: ㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ěng
*** Wade–Giles: êng$^3$
*** Yale: ěng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eeng
*** Palladius: эн (en)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤŋ²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: en
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: e̊n
*** Wade–Giles: ên$^5$
*** Yale: en
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .en
*** Palladius: энь (enʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀən/

#### Definitions

嗯
* Used as an interjection to express surprise.

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ǹg, ǹ, èn, èng, en (ng$^4$, n$^4$, en$^4$, eng$^4$, en$^5$／en$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ㆭˋ, ㄯˋ, ㄣˋ, ㄥˋ, ˙ㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ng$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ǹg
*** Zhuyin: ㆭˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ǹg
*** Wade–Giles: ng$^4$
*** Yale: ǹg
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng4
*** Palladius: н (n)
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ǹ
*** Zhuyin: ㄯˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ǹ
*** Wade–Giles: n$^4$
*** Yale: ǹ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n4
*** Palladius: нь (nʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /n̩⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: èn
*** Zhuyin: ㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: èn
*** Wade–Giles: ên$^4$
*** Yale: èn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enn
*** Palladius: энь (enʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀən⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: èng
*** Zhuyin: ㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: èng
*** Wade–Giles: êng$^4$
*** Yale: èng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enq
*** Palladius: эн (en)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: en
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: e̊n
*** Wade–Giles: ên$^5$
*** Yale: en
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .en
*** Palladius: энь (enʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀən/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ng$^6$
*** Yale: ngh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍²²/

#### Definitions

嗯
* Used as an interjection to express agreement or pledge.
* Alternative form of 硬 (yìng)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ēn, ēng (en$^1$, eng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄣ, ㄥ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: en
*** Wade–Giles: ên$^1$
*** Yale: ēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: en
*** Palladius: энь (enʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀən⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: eng
*** Wade–Giles: êng$^1$
*** Yale: ēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eng
*** Palladius: эн (en)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

嗯
* (onomatopoeia) A groaning sound.

### Compounds

* 嗯哎
* 嗯哪 (n̄na)
* 嗯啊