# 嚨

| 嚨 | U+56A8, &#22184; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56A8 |
| ← 嚧 [U+56A7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嚩 → [U+56A9] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 嚨 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𠺠 |
| Simplified | 咙 |

### Han character

嚨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口卜月心 (RYBP), four-corner 6101$_1$, composition ⿰口龍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4550
* Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 703, character 11
* Unihan data for U+56A8

## 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): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lóng (long$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nong$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lung$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): luung$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lung$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lùng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lung$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lung$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): liǎng
* Eastern Min (BUC): lè̤ng / lùng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): le$^2$ / lorng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nâ / lông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): long$^2$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nong$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lung
*** Sinological IPA : /noŋ⁵⁵/
* 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/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /luŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: lung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /luŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lʊŋ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /luŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǎng
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤ng / lùng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃øyŋ⁵³/, /l̃uŋ⁵³/
* lè̤ng - vernacular;
* lùng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: luwng
Rime :
| Character | 嚨 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嚨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8419 |
| Phonetic component | 龍 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 籠 |
| Old Chinese | /*roːŋ/ |

### Definitions

嚨
* Used in compounds.

### Compounds

* 咕嚨 / 咕咙
* 哄嚨 / 哄咙
* 啌嚨 / 啌咙
* 喉嚨 / 喉咙 (hóulóng)
* 嚨哅 / 咙哅
* 嚨喉 / 咙喉 (lónghóu)
* 嚨嚨 / 咙咙
* 嚨胡 / 咙胡
* 大喉嚨 / 大喉咙 (dàhóulóng)
* 沙喉嚨 / 沙喉咙
* 胡嚨 / 胡咙
* 黑咕嚨冬 / 黑咕咙冬
* 鼓嚨胡 / 鼓咙胡

### References

* “嚨”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “咙”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 144.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 𠺠 |
| Kyūjitai | 嚨 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𠺠)
* throat

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)
* Kun: のど (nodo, 嚨)

## Korean
### Hanja

嚨 • (rong) (hangeul 롱, revised rong, McCune–Reischauer rong)
* throat

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嚨: Hán Nôm readings: lùng
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