哼

哼	U+54FC, 哼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54FC

← 哻
[U+54FB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

哽 →
[U+54FD]

Translingual

Han character

哼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口卜口弓 (RYRN), four-corner 6002₇, composition ⿰口亨)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3679
Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 632, character 14
Unihan data for U+54FC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		哼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
亨	qʰaŋʔ, pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ
享	*qʰaŋʔ
烹	*pqʰraːŋ
脝	*qʰraːŋ
悙	*qʰraːŋ
哼	*qʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰraːŋ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 亨 (OC *qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēng (heng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: heng
  - Wade–Giles: hêng¹
  - Yale: hēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heng
  - Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hang¹
  - Yale: hāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哼
Reading #	1/1
No.	5118
Phonetic component	亨
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	脝
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːŋ/

Definitions

哼

to hum; to croon
- 1985 August, 張國榮1985百爵夏日演唱會‎^{YouTube clip (3m44s from the start)[1]}, spoken by 張國榮, 紅磡體育館:
  
  嗱，你啲歌呢，隻隻我都識哼幾句呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  嗱，你啲歌呢，只只我都识哼几句呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  naa⁴, nei⁵ di¹ go¹ ne¹, zek³ zek³ ngo⁵ dou¹ sik¹ hang¹ gei² geoi³ aa³. [Jyutping]
  I know how to hum a bit of every single one of your songs.
to moan; to groan

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hng (hng⁵／hng⁰)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄏㄫ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hng⁶ / hm⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hn̍gh / hngh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hng
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄏㄫ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hn̊g
  - Wade–Giles: hng⁵
  - Yale: hng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hng5
  - Palladius: хн (xn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xŋ̍/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hng⁶ / hm⁶
  - Yale: hngh / hmh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hng⁶ / hm⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hng⁶ / hm⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hŋ̍²²/, /hm̩²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̍gh
  - Tâi-lô: hn̍gh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hngh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hŋ̍ʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hŋ̍ʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hŋ̍ʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hngh
  - Tâi-lô: hngh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hngq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hŋ̍ʔ³²/

Definitions

哼

interjection at the start of a sentence expressing disapproval, disdain, discontent, displeasure, or anger: hmph; humph

Compounds

不哼不哈 (bùhēng-bùhā)
哼兒哈兒 / 哼儿哈儿
哼哈二將 / 哼哈二将
哼哼
哼唧 (hēngji)
哼哼唧唧
哼唷
哼唱 (hēngchàng)
慢哼哼
那哼

Japanese

Kanji

哼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)
Kun: おびえる (obieru, 哼える)

Korean

Hanja

哼 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哼: Hán Nôm readings: hanh

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