哄

See also: 鬨 and 閧

哄	U+54C4, 哄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C4

← 哃
[U+54C3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

哅 →
[U+54C5]

Translingual

Han character

哄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金 (RTC), four-corner 6408₁, composition ⿰口共)

Related characters

鬨, 閧 (Variant traditional forms in mainland China)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3588
Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 612, character 3
Unihan data for U+54C4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
港	kroːŋʔ, ɡloːŋs
巷	*ɡroːŋs
衖	*ɡroːŋs
鬨	ɡroːŋs, ɡloːŋs
烘	qʰloːŋ, qʰloːŋs, ɡoːŋ, ɡloːŋs
洪	*ɡloːŋ
鉷	*ɡloːŋ
谼	*ɡloːŋ
葓	*ɡoːŋ
哄	*ɡloːŋs
蕻	*ɡloːŋs
恭	*kloŋ
供	kloŋ, kloŋs
龔	*kloŋ
珙	kloŋ, kloŋʔ
共	kloŋ, ɡloŋs
髸	*kloŋ
拱	*kloŋʔ
拲	kloŋʔ, kloɡ
蛬	kloŋʔ, ɡloŋ
栱	*kloŋʔ
輁	kloŋʔ, ɡloŋ
舼	*ɡloŋ
輂	*kloɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡloːŋs): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		哄
alternative forms		嚇／吓 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǒng (hong³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁶ / hung³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hóng / hōng / háng / háⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): hong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǒng
  - Wade–Giles: hung³
  - Yale: hǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoong
  - Palladius: хун (xun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hung⁶ / hung³
  - Yale: huhng / hung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁶ / hung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁶ / hung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²²/, /hʊŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
  - Tâi-lô: hóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: horng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng
  - Tâi-lô: hōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: háng
  - Tâi-lô: háng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: harng
  - IPA (Singapore): /haŋ⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /haŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: háⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hã⁴¹/

Note:

hóng - literary;
háng/háⁿ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hong²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: huwngH

Rime
Character	哄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡貢切
Baxter	huwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡloːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哄
Reading #	1/1
No.	4161
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡloːŋs/

Definitions

哄

to fool; to cheat
to keep (especially a child) in good humor; to coax
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien) to frighten; to menace; to threaten; to intimidate by violent language

Compounds

侵哄
哄人
哄哄
哄嚇騙詐 / 哄吓骗诈
哄弄
哄賺 / 哄赚
哄頭 / 哄头
哄騙 / 哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
啜哄
打哄
撮科打哄
攛哄 / 撺哄
攛哄鳥亂 / 撺哄鸟乱
曾著賣糖君子哄，如今不信口甜人 / 曾著卖糖君子哄，如今不信口甜人 (céng zhāo mài táng jūnzǐ hǒng, rújīn bùxìn kǒutián rén)
瞞哄 / 瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
蒙哄
詐哄 / 诈哄
誆哄 / 诓哄
調哄 / 调哄
賺哄 / 赚哄

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		哄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hōng (hong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong / hang

(Teochew, Peng'im): hong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hong
  - Wade–Giles: hung¹
  - Yale: hūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
  - Palladius: хун (xun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hung¹
  - Yale: hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
  - Tâi-lô: hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hang
  - Tâi-lô: hang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hafng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /haŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

hong - literary;
hang - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hong¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hong
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³³/

Definitions

哄

(of many people) to vocalize simultaneously
See also: 叿

Compounds

一哄而上 (yīhòng'érshàng)
一哄而散
一哄而起 (yīhōng'érqǐ)
一哄而集
串哄
亂哄哄 / 乱哄哄 (luànhōnghōng)
和哄
哄傳 / 哄传
哄傳一時 / 哄传一时
哄動 / 哄动 (hōngdòng)
哄哄翕翕
哄堂 (hōngtáng)
哄堂大笑 (hōngtángdàxiào)
哄抬 (hōngtái)
哄抬物價 / 哄抬物价
哄搶 / 哄抢
哄然
喧哄
打和哄
熱鬧哄哄 / 热闹哄哄
稀里打哄
胡廝哄 / 胡厮哄
趁哄
趁哄打劫
鬧哄哄 / 闹哄哄 (nàohōnghōng)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 哄 – see 鬨 (“to fight; to combat; to cause a commotion or disturbance”). (This character is the simplified form of 鬨).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		哄
alternative forms		烘

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁶ / hung³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hung⁶ / hung³
  - Yale: huhng / hung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁶ / hung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁶ / hung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²²/, /hʊŋ³³/

Note: hung3 - Hong Kong.

Definitions

哄

(Cantonese) to move close to (somebody); to crowd (somebody)
哄埋嚟我度做咩啫？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
hung³ maai⁴ lai⁴ ngo⁵ dou⁶ zou⁶ me¹ ze¹? [Jyutping]
(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji

哄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: く (ku)、ぐ (gu)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kun: こえ (koe, 哄)^{←こゑ (kowe, 哄, historical)}、たぶらかす (taburakasu)

Korean

Hanja

哄 (eum 홍 (hong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

哄: Hán Nôm readings: họng, hống, hòng, ngọng, rống

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References

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