# 嗡

| 嗡 | U+55E1, &#21985; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55E1 |
| ← 嗠 [U+55E0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嗢 → [U+55E2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嗡 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口金戈一 (RCIM), four-corner 6802$_7$, composition ⿰口翁)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4106
* Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 669, character 12
* Unihan data for U+55E1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 慃 | *qroːŋʔ |
| 袞 | *kluːnʔ |
| 蔉 | *kluːnʔ |
| 滾 | *kluːnʔ |
| 忩 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 鬆 | *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ |
| 凇 | *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ |
| 公 | *kloːŋ |
| 蚣 | *kloːŋ, *kljoŋ |
| 翁 | *qloːŋ |
| 螉 | *qloːŋ |
| 蓊 | *qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ |
| 嗡 | *qloːŋ |
| 滃 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 暡 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 勜 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 塕 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 瓮 | *qloːŋs |
| 崧 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 菘 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 硹 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 淞 | *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ |
| 蜙 | *sqʰloŋ |
| 倯 | *sqʰloŋ |
| 松 | *sɢloŋ |
| 訟 | *sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs |
| 頌 | *sɢloŋs, *loŋ |
| 忪 | *kljoŋ |
| 彸 | *kljoŋ |
| 衳 | *kljoŋ |
| 伀 | *kljoŋ |
| 妐 | *kljoŋ |
| 炂 | *kljoŋ |
| 鈆 | *kljoŋ, *lon |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːŋ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wēng (weng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jung$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wong
*** Wade–Giles: wêng$^1$
*** Yale: wēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueng
*** Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /wəŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^1$
*** Yale: yūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong
*** Tâi-lô: ong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ofng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qloːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嗡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4097 |
| Phonetic component | 公 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 翁 |
| Old Chinese | /*qloːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

嗡
* (onomatopoeia) buzzing; droning; humming

#### Compounds

* 嗡嗡 (wēngwēng)
* 嗡嗡彈／嗡嗡弹
* 嗡嗡祖拉
* 嗡子
* 嗡鳴／嗡鸣
* 大轟大嗡／大轰大嗡

### Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wēng, ōng (weng$^1$, ong$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥ, ㄛㄫ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wong
*** Wade–Giles: wêng$^1$
*** Yale: wēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueng
*** Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /wəŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄛㄫ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ong
*** Wade–Giles: ung$^1$
*** Yale: ūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ong
*** Palladius: ун (un)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀʊŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

嗡
* (Buddhism) om
    Synonym: 唵

#### Compounds

* 嗡摩尼呸咩哄 (wēng mānī bēimēi hòng )
* 嗡阿吽 (wēng ā hòng )

### References

* “嗡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ろう (rō)、ら (ra)

## Korean
### Hanja

嗡 (eumhun 소 울음 옹 (so ureum ong))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 嗡

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嗡: Hán Việt readings: ông, án
嗡: Nôm readings: óng, ông
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### References

* Nom Foundation