嚚

Han character edit

嚚 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口口尸中口 (RRSLR), four-corner 6666₁, composition ⿳吅臣吅)

1. argumentative
2. talkative

Derived characters edit

• 𧄤, 𡅚

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4518
• Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 699, character 19
• Unihan data for U+569A

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 嚚
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

嚚

1. (archaic, literary) foolish and obstinate

   • 父頑母嚚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     父顽母嚚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Fù wán mǔ yín. [Pinyin]

     The father is obstinate and foolish; as is the mother.

2. (archaic, literary) treacherous; cunning

   • 口不道忠信之言為嚚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     口不道忠信之言为嚚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kǒu bù dào zhōngxìn zhī yán wéi yín. [Pinyin]

     Someone treacherous is someone who never speaks with devotion or faithfulness.

Compounds edit

References edit

• “嚚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

• On (unclassified): ぎん (gin); ごん (gon); がん (gan); げん (gen)
• Kun: わるい (warui); おろか (oroka); つれない (tsurenai)

Hanja edit

嚚 (eum 은 (eun))

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Han character edit

嚚: Hán Nôm readings: ngân

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