# 霧

| 霧 | U+9727, &#38695; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9727 |
| ← 霦 [U+9726] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 霨 → [U+9728] |

## Translingual
### Han character

霧 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一月弓竹尸 (MBNHS), four-corner 1022$_7$, composition ⿱雨務)

#### Derived characters

* 𫝞, 𬉮, 𧅑

#### See also

* 𪴟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1377, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42418
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4074, character 15
* Unihan data for U+9727

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 霧 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 堥 | *muː, *mu |
| 蓩 | *muːʔ, *moːɡ |
| 猱 | *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us |
| 茅 | *mruː |
| 罞 | *mruː, *muːŋ |
| 蝥 | *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs |
| 鶜 | *mruː |
| 瞀 | *moːɡs, *mroːɡ |
| 愗 | *moːɡs |
| 袤 | *mus |
| 雺 | *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs |
| 懋 | *mus |
| 楙 | *mus |
| 矛 | *mu |
| 蟊 | *mu |
| 髳 | *mu, *muːŋ |
| 鍪 | *mu |
| 鞪 | *mu, *moːɡ |
| 糅 | *ml'us |
| 腬 | *ml'us, *mlju |
| 柔 | *mlju |
| 揉 | *mju |
| 蹂 | *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 鍒 | *mju |
| 騥 | *mju |
| 蝚 | *mju |
| 葇 | *mju, *mjuʔ |
| 鞣 | *mju, *mjus |
| 鰇 | *mju |
| 瑈 | *mju |
| 鶔 | *mju |
| 楺 | *mjuʔ |
| 煣 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 輮 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 韖 | *mjuʔ |
| 敄 | *moʔ, *mos |
| 務 | *moɡs |
| 鶩 | *moɡs, *moːɡ |
| 騖 | *moɡs |
| 婺 | *moɡs |
| 霚 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 嵍 | *moɡs |
| 霧 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 霿 | *moːŋ, *moːŋs |
| 楘 | *moːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moɡs, *moːŋ): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 務 (OC *moɡs).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *muːŋ ~ r/s-muːk (“foggy; dark; sullen; menacing; thunder”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007) or its allofam *r-məw (“sky; heavens; clouds”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan རྨུ་བ (rmu ba, “fog”), རྨུགས་པ (rmugs pa, “dense fog”), Burmese မြူ (mru, “minute particle; haze; fog”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wù (wu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ву (vu, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mou$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mu$^5$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): mou$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): u$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): vu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vu$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): mū / ū
* Eastern Min (BUC): ô
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bū / bǔ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhu$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u$^5$ / u$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wù
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: u
*** Sinological IPA : /vu²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ву (vu, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /vou⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^6$
*** Yale: mouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbu³²/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: u$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /u¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu
*** Hakka Romanization System: vu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mū / ū
*** Sinological IPA : /mu⁵⁵/, /u⁵⁵/
* mū - verncular;
* ū - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mjuH
Rime :
| Character | 霧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 亡遇切 |
| Baxter | mjuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kə.m(r)[o]k-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*moɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 霧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kə.m(r)[o]k-s/ |
| English | fog, mist |
| 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 | 霧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 8856 |
| Phonetic component | 矛 |
| Rime group | 竇 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 務 |
| Old Chinese | /*moɡs/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅，說文作霚 |

#### Definitions

霧
* fog; mist
* vapour; fine spray
* (Hokkien) blurry
* (Internet slang) A particle placed at the end of a sentence to indicate that the poster is joking. (used with parentheses)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 霧, 霧氣, 霧靄 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 霧, 霧氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 霧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 霧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 霧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 霧 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 霧, 霧露 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 霧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 霧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 霧, 霧氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 霧, 霧氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 霧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 霧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 霧, 霧氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 霧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 霧, 霧罩, 霧氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 霧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 霧罩, 雲霧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 霧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 霧, 霧水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 霧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 霧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 霧, 大頭霧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 霧, 霧水 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 霞霧 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 霧 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 霧露 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 霧 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 濛, 霧 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 霧露, 霧 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 霧, 濛沙, 濛霧 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 濛沙 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 霧 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 霧, 濛霧 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 濛霞 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 濛露 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 霧 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 濛沙 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 沙霧 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 露 |
| Hakka | Changting | 濛沙 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 濛沙 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 濛沙 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 濛沙 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 露 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 霧露 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 濛沙 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 濛 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 濛露 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 濛沙煙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 濛沙煙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 濛煙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 濛沙煙, 濛煙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 濛沙煙, 濛煙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 濛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 霧 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 霧 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 霧 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 露 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 雺 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 霧, 雺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 雺霧 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 霧, 雺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 霧 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 霧 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 霧 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 霧 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 罩子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 霧, 霧露, 迷霧 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 迷露 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 迷露 |
| Wu | Danyang | 霧 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 霧露 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 霧露 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幔, 幔露 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 霧 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 霧露 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 霧, 罩子, 罩 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 霧, 罩子 thick |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 霧, 霧罩, 霧罩子 |

#### Compounds

* 一頭霧水 / 一头雾水 (yītóuwùshuǐ)
* 下霧 / 下雾 (xiàwù)
* 五里霧
* 光煙霧 / 光烟雾
* 冷霧 / 冷雾
* 南山霧豹 / 南山雾豹
* 含煙籠霧 / 含烟笼雾
* 吞雲吐霧 / 吞云吐雾 (tūnyúntǔwù)
* 噴雲吐霧 / 喷云吐雾
* 噴雲噯霧 / 喷云嗳雾
* 噴霧 / 喷雾 (pēnwù)
* 噴霧器 / 喷雾器 (pēnwùqì)
* 噴霧機 / 喷雾机
* 墮雲霧中 / 堕云雾中
* 如坐雲霧 / 如坐云雾
* 如墮煙霧 / 如堕烟雾
* 妖霧 / 妖雾
* 宿霧 / 宿雾 (Sùwù)
* 平流霧 / 平流雾
* 愁雲慘霧 / 愁云惨雾
* 愁霧 / 愁雾
* 拿雲握霧 / 拿云握雾
* 握雲拿霧 / 握云拿雾
* 握霧拿雲 / 握雾拿云
* 擁霧翻波 / 拥雾翻波
* 晨霧 / 晨雾 (chénwù)
* 朝霧 / 朝雾 (zhāowù)
* 毒霧 / 毒雾
* 海霧 / 海雾
* 涼霧 / 凉雾 (Liángwù)
* 濃霧 / 浓雾 (nóngwù)
* 煙消霧散 / 烟消雾散
* 煙籠霧鎖 / 烟笼雾锁
* 煙霏霧集 / 烟霏雾集
* 煙霧 / 烟雾 (yānwù)
* 熱霧 / 热雾
* 紅光紫霧 / 红光紫雾 (hóng guāng zǐ wù)
* 綠煙紅霧 / 绿烟红雾
* 興雲作霧 / 兴云作雾
* 興雲吐霧 / 兴云吐雾
* 蒼霧 / 苍雾
* 蒙霧露 / 蒙雾露
* 蓮霧 / 莲雾 (liánwù)
* 迷霧 / 迷雾 (míwù)
* 除霧器 / 除雾器
* 雲合霧集 / 云合雾集
* 雲山霧罩 / 云山雾罩 (yúnshānwùzhào)
* 雲收霧散 / 云收雾散
* 雲消霧散 / 云消雾散 (yúnxiāo-wùsàn)
* 雲霧 / 云雾 (yúnwù)
* 霧化 / 雾化 (wùhuà)
* 霧嗄嗄 / 雾嗄嗄 (bū-sà-sà) (Min Nan)
* 霧峰 / 雾峰 (Wùfēng)
* 霧氣 / 雾气 (wùqì)
* 霧沉沉 / 雾沉沉
* 霧淞 / 雾淞 (wùsōng)
* 霧渡河 / 雾渡河 (Wùdùhé)
* 霧社 / 雾社
* 霧社事件 / 雾社事件 (Wùshè Shìjiàn)
* 霧縠 / 雾縠
* 霧臺 / 雾台 (Wùtái)
* 霧茫茫 / 雾茫茫 (wùmángmáng)
* 霧裡看花 / 雾里看花 (wùlǐkànhuā)
* 霧豹 / 雾豹
* 霧鎖雲埋 / 雾锁云埋
* 霧騰騰 / 雾腾腾
* 霧鬢 / 雾鬓
* 霧鬢風鬟 / 雾鬓风鬟
* 風言霧語 / 风言雾语
* 風鬟霧鬢 / 风鬟雾鬓
* 駕霧騰雲 / 驾雾腾云
* 騰雲駕霧 / 腾云驾雾
* 騰霧 / 腾雾

#### Descendants

* → Proto-Tai: *ʰmoːkᴰ
** Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ʰmɔːkᴰᴸ¹
*** Thai: หมอก (mɔ̀ɔk)
* → Proto-Vietic: *k-mɔːk
** Vietnamese: móc
** Phong: kʰmɔːk⁸

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bū / bǔ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhu$^7$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bū
*** Tâi-lô: bū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bu
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bu³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bu²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bǔ
*** Tâi-lô: bǔ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhu$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bū
*** Sinological IPA : /bu¹¹/

#### Definitions

霧
* (Hokkien, Teochew) to spray; to spit (a liquid, often after keeping the liquid in one's mouth)
    Synonyms: 浡, 噴 / 喷, 濺 / 溅, 𫝺, 澍
       kâm hoeh bū thiⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       to slander people with false accusations
* (Hokkien) to gush upwards; to overflow from a container
    Synonyms: 浡, 泏, 溢, sōe-teⁿ
       Hiâⁿ kún-chúi ê sî, tiáⁿ-kòa nā bô hian--khui, kún-chúi tiō ē bū--chhut-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       When boiling water, if the lid is not lift, the water will overflow.

#### Usage notes

* (first definition): For the subtle difference between the synonyms, please refer to the usage notes of 澍.
* (second definition): 霧 / 雾 usually means overflowing due to boiling; 泏 usually means overflowing due to shaking; sōe-teⁿ means dribbling at a spout when it is nearly stopped up; 溢 is used in a general sense.

#### References

* “霧”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Northern Min (KCR): sū
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sū
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

霧
* (Northern Min) Alternative form of 露 (“fog; mist”)

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 霧 – see 霿 (“gloomy; dim; overcast; fog; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 霿).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: む (mu, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kun: きり (kiri, 霧, Jōyō)、きらう (kirau, 霧らう)

#### Compounds

* 霧散(むさん) (musan)
* 霧視(むし) (mushi)
* 霧消(むしょう) (mushō)
* 霧中(むちゅう) (muchū)
* 霧氷(むひょう) (muhyō)
* 雲霧(うんむ) (unmu)
* 煙霧(えんむ) (enmu): a mist, fog, smog; a haze
* 煙霧質(えんむしつ) (enmushitsu): an aerosol
* 濃霧(のうむ) (nōmu)
* 噴霧(ふんむ) (funmu)
* 迷霧(めいむ) (meimu)

### Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of 霧る (kiru, “to become foggy”).
First attested in the sense "breath expelled from a person" in the Kojiki of 712.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きり [kìrí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲiɾʲi]
* (Kyoto) きり [kírí] (Kōki – [0])

### Noun

霧(きり) • (kiri)
* mist, fog
** 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki:重霧 下奇利Heavy fog. The below is to be read ki₁ri.
** 1999 March 1, “ウォーター・エレメント [Water Element]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
    水(みず)に住(す)んでいる精(せい)霊(れい)。まわりを霧(きり)でつつみこみ視(し)界(かい)を奪(うば)う。
       Mizu ni sundeiru seirei. Mawari o kiri de tsutsumikomi shikai o ubau.
       A spirit who lives in the water. She’ll blind you by surrounding you with mist.
* breath expelled from a person
* a liquid (e.g. water) that is dispelled into the air like fog
* (slang, criminal) dawn; daybreak

#### Derived terms

* 霧雨(きりさめ) (kirisame)
* 霧虹(きりにじ) (kiriniji)
* 秋霧(あきぎり) (akigiri)
* 朝霧(あさぎり) (asagiri)
* 狭霧(さぎり) (sagiri)
* 夕霧(ゆうぎり) (yūgiri)
* 夜霧(よぎり) (yogiri)

#### See also

* 霞(かすみ) (kasumi)
* 靄(もや) (moya)

### References

* Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.
* 1 2 3 4 “きり 【霧】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 霧 (MC mjuH). Recorded as Middle Korean 무〯 (mwǔ) (Yale: mwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mu(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [무(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 霧 (eumhun 안개 무 (an'gae mu))
* hanja form of 무 (“fog; mist”)

#### Compounds

* 농무 (濃霧, nongmu)
* 무산 (霧散, musan)
* 무중 (霧中, mujung)
* 분무기 (噴霧器, bunmugi)
* 연무 (煙霧, yeonmu)
* 연무질 (煙霧質, yeonmujil)
* 오리무중 (五里霧中, orimujung)
* 운무 (雲霧, unmu)
* 해무 (海霧, haemu)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

霧: Hán Nôm readings: vụ, mù
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