# 聾

| 聾 | U+807E, &#32894; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807E |
| ← 聽 [U+807D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 聿 → [U+807F] |
| 聾 | U+F945, &#63813; 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 0140$_1$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (long$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lung$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): luung$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lûng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lung$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): sông
* Eastern Min (BUC): lè̤ng / lùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lâng / lông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
*** Wade–Giles: lung$^2$
*** Yale: lúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
*** Palladius: лун (lun)
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lung$^4$
*** Yale: lùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: luung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: lung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /luŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lʊŋ⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sông
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤ng / lùng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃øyŋ⁵³/, /l̃uŋ⁵³/
* lè̤ng - vernacular;
* lùng - literary.
* 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /luŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lung$^4$ |
* 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
* 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

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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* deafness
* 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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