See also:
U+807E, 聾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807E

[U+807D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+807F]
U+F945, 聾
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F945

[U+F944]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F946]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 128, 耳+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜心尸十 (YPSJ), four-corner 01401, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𭍎

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 970, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29212
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2800, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+807E

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𰭹

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roːŋ): phonetic (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ) + semantic (ear) – deaf.

Etymology

Perhaps related to (OC *sloŋʔ, “deaf”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lè̤ng - vernacular;
  • lùng - literary.
Note:
  • lâng - vernacular;
  • lông - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
lung4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ luwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.rˁoŋ/
English deaf

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 8417
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*roːŋ/

Definitions

  1. deaf

Usage notes

  • (lóng) can be used as a stand-alone adjective. However, the term 耳聾耳聋 (ěrlóng) may occasionally be used instead due to homophony with (lóng, “dragon”).

Synonyms

See also

  • (máng, “blind”)
  • (, “mute”)

Compounds

  • 以聾辨聲 / 以聋辨声
  • 借聽於聾 / 借听于聋
  • 天聾地啞 / 天聋地哑
  • 振聾發聵 / 振聋发聩 (zhènlóngfākuì)
  • 推聾做啞 / 推聋做哑
  • 推聾裝啞 / 推聋装哑
  • 發聾振聵 / 发聋振聩
  • 耳聾 / 耳聋 (ěrlóng)
  • 耳聾目花 / 耳聋目花
  • 聾人 / 聋人 (lóngrén)
  • 聾俗 / 聋俗
  • 聾啞 / 聋哑 (lóngyǎ)
  • 聾啞學校 / 聋哑学校
  • 聾啞症 / 聋哑症
  • 聾子 / 聋子 (lóngzi)
  • 聾盲瘖啞 / 聋盲瘖哑
  • 聾者之歌 / 聋者之歌
  • 聾聵 / 聋聩 (lóngkuì)
  • 聾胞 / 聋胞
  • 聾蟲 / 聋虫
  • 臭耳聾 / 臭耳聋
  • 舌弊耳聾 / 舌弊耳聋
  • 裝聾作啞 / 装聋作哑 (zhuānglóngzuòyǎ)
  • 裝聾裝啞 / 装聋装哑
  • 詐啞佯聾 / 诈哑佯聋
  • 鄭昭宋聾 / 郑昭宋聋
  • 震耳欲聾 / 震耳欲聋 (zhèn'ěryùlóng)

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. deafness
  2. deaf

Readings

  • Go-on: (ru)
  • Kan-on: ろう ()
  • Kun: つんぼ (tsunbo, )みみしい (mimishī, )

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
つんぼ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
つんぼ
[noun] [from 1595] (likely offensive) deafness, deaf
[noun] [from 1595] (likely offensive) a deaf person
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
みみしい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
みみしい
[noun] , 耳癈: [late 800s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) deafness, deaf
[noun] , 耳癈: [late 800s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a deaf person
Alternative spelling
耳癈
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

• (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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