嗯

嗯	U+55EF, 嗯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55EF

← 嗮
[U+55EE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嗰 →
[U+55F0]

Translingual

Han character

嗯 (radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口田大心 (RWKP), four-corner 6603₀, composition ⿰口恩)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 204, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 668, character 3

Unihan data for U+55EF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗯

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 恩.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ńg, ń, én, éng (ng², n², en², eng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄫˊ, ㄋˊ, ㄣˊ, ㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ńg
  - Zhuyin: ㄫˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ng²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng2
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ń
  - Zhuyin: ㄋˊ
  - Wade–Giles: n²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n2
  - IPA ^(key): /n̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: én
  - Zhuyin: ㄣˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ên²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ern
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: éng
  - Zhuyin: ㄥˊ
  - Wade–Giles: êng²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erng
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng²
  - Yale: ńg
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng²
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍³⁵/

Definitions

嗯

Used as an interjection to express doubt or curiosity.

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ňg, ň, ěn, ěng, en (ng³, n³, en³, eng³, en⁵)

(Zhuyin): ㄫˇ, ㄋˇ, ㄣˇ, ㄥˇ, ˙ㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ňg
  - Zhuyin: ㄫˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ng³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng3
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ň
  - Zhuyin: ㄋˇ
  - Wade–Giles: n³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n3
  - IPA ^(key): /n̩²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄣˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ên³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: een
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěng
  - Zhuyin: ㄥˇ
  - Wade–Giles: êng³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eeng
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: en
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄣ
  - Wade–Giles: ên⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .en
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən/

Definitions

嗯

Used as an interjection to express surprise.

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǹg, ǹ, èn, èng, en (ng⁴, n⁴, en⁴, eng⁴, en⁵)

(Zhuyin): ㄫˋ, ㄋˋ, ㄣˋ, ㄥˋ, ˙ㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ǹg
  - Zhuyin: ㄫˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ng⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng4
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ǹ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋˋ
  - Wade–Giles: n⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n4
  - IPA ^(key): /n̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èn
  - Zhuyin: ㄣˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ên⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enn
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èng
  - Zhuyin: ㄥˋ
  - Wade–Giles: êng⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enq
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: en
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄣ
  - Wade–Giles: ên⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .en
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁶
  - Yale: ngh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²²/

Definitions

嗯

Used as an interjection to express agreement or pledge.

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