嗯

嗯 U+55EF, 嗯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55EF ← 嗮 [U+55EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗰 → [U+55F0]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 668, character 3
• Unihan data for U+55EF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
欭	*qrils
烟	*qiːn, *qin
胭	*qiːn
咽	*qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd
恩	*qɯːn
煾	*qɯːn
因	*qin
姻	*qin
茵	*qin
鞇	*qin
氤	*qin
洇	*qin
駰	*qin, *qrin
絪	*qin
裀	*qin

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

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

  (Zhuyin): ㆭˊ, ㄯˊ, ㄣˊ, ㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ńg
    • Zhuyin: ㆭˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ńg
    • Wade–Giles: ng²
    • Yale: ńg
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng2
    • Palladius: н (n)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ń
    • Zhuyin: ㄯˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ń
    • Wade–Giles: n²
    • Yale: ń
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n2
    • Palladius: нь (nʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: én
    • Zhuyin: ㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: én
    • Wade–Giles: ên²
    • Yale: én
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ern
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: éng
    • Zhuyin: ㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: éng
    • Wade–Giles: êng²
    • Yale: éng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erng
    • Palladius: эн (en)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ng²
    • Yale: ńg
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍³⁵/

Definitions

嗯

1. Used as an interjection to express doubt or curiosity.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ňg, ň, ěn, ěng, en (ng³, n³, en³, eng³, en⁵／en⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ㆭˇ, ㄯˇ, ㄣˇ, ㄥˇ, ˙ㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ňg
    • Zhuyin: ㆭˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ňg
    • Wade–Giles: ng³
    • Yale: ňg
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng3
    • Palladius: н (n)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ň
    • Zhuyin: ㄯˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ň
    • Wade–Giles: n³
    • Yale: ň
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n3
    • Palladius: нь (nʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̩²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěn
    • Wade–Giles: ên³
    • Yale: ěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: een
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěng
    • Wade–Giles: êng³
    • Yale: ěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eeng
    • Palladius: эн (en)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: en
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e̊n
    • Wade–Giles: ên⁵
    • Yale: en
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .en
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən/

Definitions

嗯

1. Used as an interjection to express surprise.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǹg, ǹ, èn, èng, en (ng⁴, n⁴, en⁴, eng⁴, en⁵／en⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ㆭˋ, ㄯˋ, ㄣˋ, ㄥˋ, ˙ㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǹg
    • Zhuyin: ㆭˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǹg
    • Wade–Giles: ng⁴
    • Yale: ǹg
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ng4
    • Palladius: н (n)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǹ
    • Zhuyin: ㄯˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǹ
    • Wade–Giles: n⁴
    • Yale: ǹ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n4
    • Palladius: нь (nʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èn
    • Zhuyin: ㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èn
    • Wade–Giles: ên⁴
    • Yale: èn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enn
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èng
    • Zhuyin: ㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èng
    • Wade–Giles: êng⁴
    • Yale: èng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enq
    • Palladius: эн (en)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: en
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e̊n
    • Wade–Giles: ên⁵
    • Yale: en
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .en
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ng⁶
    • Yale: ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²²/

Definitions

嗯

1. Used as an interjection to express agreement or pledge.
2. Alternative form of 硬 (yìng)

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēn, ēng (en¹, eng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ, ㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: en
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹
    • Yale: ēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: en
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eng
    • Wade–Giles: êng¹
    • Yale: ēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eng
    • Palladius: эн (en)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

嗯

1. (onomatopoeia) A groaning sound.

Compounds

• 嗯哎
• 嗯哪 (n̄na)
• 嗯啊