唅

唅 U+5505, 唅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5505 ← 唄 [U+5504] CJK Unified Ideographs 唆 → [U+5506]

Translingual

Han character

唅 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口人戈口 (ROIR) or 難口人戈口 (XROIR), four-corner 6806₂, composition ⿰口含)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3695
• Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 632, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5505

Chinese

trad.		唅
simp. #		唅

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	唅	唅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	火含切	胡紺切
Baxter	xom	homH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʌm/	/ɦʌmH/
Pan Wuyun	/həm/	/ɦəmH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɒm/	/ɣɒmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həm/	/ɦəmH/
Li Rong	/xᴀm/	/ɣᴀmH/
Wang Li	/xɒm/	/ɣɒmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xăm/	/ɣămH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hān	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham1	ham6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	唅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hán
Middle Chinese	‹ hom ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-m-kˁ[ə]m/
English	hold in the mouth
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	唅	唅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6559	6571
Phonetic component	今	今
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	㟏	憾
Old Chinese	/*qʰɯːm/	/*ɡɯːms/
Notes	見漢書	見漢書

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hān, hán, hàn (han¹, han², han⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢ, ㄏㄢˊ, ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ / ham⁶ / ham³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: han
    • Wade–Giles: han¹
    • Yale: hān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: han
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hán
    • Wade–Giles: han²
    • Yale: hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴
    • Yale: hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ / ham⁶ / ham³
    • Yale: hàhm / hahm / ham
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ / ham⁶ / ham³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ / hem⁶ / hem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹/, /hɐm²²/, /hɐm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ām
    • Tâi-lô: ām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: am
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xom, homH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-m-kˤ[ə]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯːm/, /*ɡɯːms/

Definitions

唅

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a piece of jade or gemstone put into the mouth of a dead body at funeral
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 含

References

• 唅 in ZDIC

Etymology 2

trad.		唅
simp. #		唅
alternative forms		唯 嗄

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly a contraction of 哈啊 (hâⁿ--ah) as recorded in Douglas (1873) and Ogawa (1932) as in a univerbation of 哈 (hâⁿ) +‎ 啊 (--ah)? Also related to Hokkien 哄 (háⁿ) in Douglas (1873)? See also Tagalog ha, Malaysian and Singaporean English har / ah, Indonesian ha, Dutch hè, English huh, Japanese ええ (ē), へえ (hē), and ああ (ā).”

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --hahⁿ / --haⁿ / hahⁿ / hàⁿ / hà

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --hahⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: --hannh
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --haⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: --hann
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hahⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hannh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hãʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hã¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hà
    • Tâi-lô: hà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hax
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha²¹/

Interjection

唅

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Used to indicate confusion or pondering when the speaker did not hear or comprehend clearly: huh; hmm; what; pardon?; what did (they/you/he/she) say?

   唅？你講啥物？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   唅？你讲啥物？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Hahⁿ? Lí kóng siáⁿ-mi̍h? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Huh? What did you say?

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Used to express doubt or disbelief: huh?; hmm?; what?; oh?; what do you mean?
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Used to express subtle surprise or amusement/astonishment: huh!; oh!; what!
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Used to express consent or agreement or approval: huh ok; oh alright; yeah; sure; ah yes

Usage notes

• When the vowel phoneme is pronounced lengthily, it usually means that the speaker is expressing either their displeasure, surprise, disregard, level of difficulty in hearing, or unwillingness to listen.

Synonyms

• 哈 (hâⁿ)
• 啊 (a / ah / --a / --ah)
• 蛤 (há)

Descendants

• →? Taiwanese Mandarin: 蛤 (há)

References

• “唅”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• Embree, Bernard L.M. (1973) “hâⁿ”, in A Dictionary of Southern Min (overall work in Hokkien, English, and Mandarin), Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute, page 76.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “唯”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 510
• William Campbell (1913) “hâⁿ”, in A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 156.
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “hâⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 115; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 115

Japanese

Kanji

唅

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sound
2. to put in the mouth

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)、こん (kon)、ごん (gon)
• Kun: ふくむ (fukumu, 唅む)

Korean

Hanja

唅 • (ham) (hangeul 함)

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Vietnamese

Han character

唅: Hán Nôm readings: hầm, gầm, hằm, hàm, hợm, ngậm, hăm, hụm

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