# 喑

| 喑 | U+5591, &#21905; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5591 |
| ← 喐 [U+5590] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 喒 → [U+5592] |

## Translingual
### Han character

喑 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口卜廿日 (RYTA), four-corner 6006$_1$, composition ⿰口音)
* the sobbing of infants
* cry ceaselessly
* mute, dumb

#### Derived characters

* 𤺵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 198, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3934
* Dae Jaweon: page 420, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 659, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5591

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 喑
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 諳 | *qɯːm |
| 腤 | *qɯːm |
| 嬜 | *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm |
| 喑 | *qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms |
| 揞 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms |
| 隌 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm |
| 罯 | *qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb |
| 暗 | *qɯːms |
| 闇 | *qɯːms |
| 黯 | *qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ |
| 歆 | *qʰrɯm |
| 愔 | *qɯm |
| 韾 | *qɯm |
| 音 | *qrɯm |
| 瘖 | *qrɯm |
| 窨 | *qrɯms |
| 湆 | *kʰrɯb |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīn (yin$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngam$^6$ / jam$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yin
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^1$
*** Yale: yīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngam$^6$ / jam$^1$
*** Yale: ngahm / yām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngam$^6$ / jam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngem$^6$ / yem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐm²²/, /jɐm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'im, 'om, 'imH
Rime :
| Character | 喑 | 喑 | 喑 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) | 覃 (159) | 侵 (140) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I | III |
| Fanqie | 於金切 | 烏含切 | 於禁切 |
| Baxter | 'im | 'om | 'imH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiɪm/ | /ʔʌm/ | /ʔˠiɪm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚim/ | /ʔəm/ | /ʔᵚim$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiem/ | /ʔɒm/ | /ʔiem$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjim/ | /ʔəm/ | /ʔjim$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjəm/ | /ʔᴀm/ | /ʔjəm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭĕm/ | /ɒm/ | /ĭĕm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯əm/ | /ʔăm/ | /ʔi̯əm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yīn | ān | yìn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jam$^1$ | am$^1$ | jam$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːm/, /*qrɯm/, /*qrɯms/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 喑 | 喑 | 喑 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 15209 | 15226 | 15228 |
| Phonetic component | 音 | 音 | 音 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 侵 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 諳 | 音 | 蔭 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯːm/ | /*qrɯm/ | /*qrɯms/ |

#### Definitions

喑
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#### Compounds

* 喑啞／喑哑 (yīnyǎ)
* 喑喑
* 喑嗚／喑呜
* 喑嗚叱吒／喑呜叱吒
* 喑噁／喑𫫇 (yīnwù)
* 喑惡叱吒／喑恶叱吒
* 打耳喑

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 喑 – see 瘖 (“mute; dumb; speechless”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 瘖).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “喑”, 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)
* to be dumb
* the sobbing of infants

#### Readings

* Go-on: おん (on)
* Kan-on: いん (in)
* On: あん (an)
* Kun: おし (oshi)、さけぶ (sakebu, 喑ぶ)、だまる (damaru, 喑る)、なく (naku, 喑く)、あつるさま (atsurusama)

## Korean
### Hanja

喑 • (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune–Reischauer ŭm)
* deaf mute
* cry ceaselessly

## Tày
### Noun

喑 (ám)
* Nôm form of ám (“piece; crumb”).
    拾喑𱙊鸡尊否平喑蕡大棟Slíp ám nựa cáy ton, bấu phính ám bon đại đốngTen pieces of capon doesn't equal a taro

### Adjective

喑 (ím)
* Nôm form of ím (“full; satiated”).
    吟欢𦙦󲁵煩吟辛喑𦙶󲁴Gằm van săm mí phàn, gằm tăn ím gò ghẻ.Courtesy costs nothing.(literally, “Sweet words and the heart won't be bothered, stupid words and one's full to the point of slitting one's throat.”)
    𫪄喑𫪄󲁶抉飴粑𫠯𱎋kin ím kin lưa, khuýt khỉ bưa lồng lảngto eat full and overeat and throw crumbs all over the floor.
    喑咟唃𥃸ím pác dác thato have eyes bigger than one's stomach(literally, “to have a full stomach but hungry eyes”)

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

喑: Hán Nôm readings: ầm
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## Zhuang
### Adjective

喑
* Sawndip form of imq (“full; satiated”)

### Verb

喑
* Sawndip form of imq (“to be full; to be satiated”)