嚨

See also: 咙

嚨	U+56A8, 嚨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56A8

← 嚧
[U+56A7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嚩 →
[U+56A9]

Translingual

Traditional	嚨
Shinjitai (extended)	𠺠
Simplified	咙

Han character

嚨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口卜月心 (RYBP), four-corner 6101₁, composition ⿰口龍)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4550
Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 703, character 11
Unihan data for U+56A8

Chinese

trad.		嚨
simp.		咙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
驡	ʔslaːŋʔ, roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	rroːŋ, sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	roːŋ, roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	roːŋ, roŋs
龓	roːŋ, roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	roːŋ, roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	roːŋ, roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	roːŋ, roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	roːŋ, roːŋʔ
鸗	roːŋ, roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	roːŋʔ, roŋs
龍	b·roŋ, mroːŋ
躘	roŋ, roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	kloŋ, kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roːŋ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lóng (long²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nong¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lung⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): luung³
Gan (Wiktionary): lung⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lùng

(Meixian, Guangdong): lung²
Jin (Wiktionary): lung¹
Northern Min (KCR): liǎng
Eastern Min (BUC): lè̤ng / lùng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): le² / lorng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nâ / lông

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): long²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
  - Wade–Giles: lung²
  - Yale: lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
  - Palladius: лун (lun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nong¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /noŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lung⁴
  - Yale: lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: luung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵŋ²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: lung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lung²
  - Sinological IPA: /luŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lung²
  - Sinological IPA: /lʊŋ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lung¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /luŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǎng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤ng / lùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃øyŋ⁵³/, /l̃uŋ⁵³/

Note:

lè̤ng - vernacular;
lùng - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: le²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /le¹³/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ló̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ²⁴/

Note:

le2 - vernacular;
lorng2 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ / lông
  - Tâi-lô: nâ / lông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naa, loong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nã²⁴/, /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²⁴/, /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã¹³/, /lɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nã²⁴/, /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³/, /lɔŋ²³/

Note:

nâ - vernacular;
lông - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: lêng⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lon
  - MiniDict: lon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loŋ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: long²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /l̃ʊŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /lən¹³/

Middle Chinese: luwng

Rime
Character	嚨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚨
Reading #	1/1
No.	8419
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/

Definitions

嚨

Used in compounds.

Compounds

咕嚨 / 咕咙
哄嚨 / 哄咙
啌嚨 / 啌咙
喉嚨 / 喉咙 (hóulóng)
嚨哅 / 咙哅
嚨喉 / 咙喉 (lónghóu)
嚨嚨 / 咙咙
嚨胡 / 咙胡
大喉嚨 / 大喉咙 (dàhóulóng)
沙喉嚨 / 沙喉咙
胡嚨 / 胡咙
黑咕嚨冬 / 黑咕咙冬
鼓嚨胡 / 鼓咙胡

References

“嚨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “咙”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 144.

Japanese

Shinjitai	𠺠
Kyūjitai	嚨

Kanji

嚨

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𠺠)

throat

Readings

Go-on: る (ru)
Kan-on: ろう (rō)
Kun: のど (nodo, 嚨)

Korean

Hanja

嚨 • (rong) (hangeul 롱, revised rong, McCune–Reischauer rong)

throat

Vietnamese

Han character

嚨: Hán Nôm readings: lùng

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