Translingual

Han character

呟 (radical 30 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口卜女戈 (RYVI), composition ⿰口玄)

1. to mutter, grumble, murmur

References

• KangXi: page 181, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3427
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 608, character 8
• Unihan data for U+545F

Chinese

Pronunciation

Adjective

呟

1. (archaic) loud

Adverb

呟

1. (archaic) loudly
   • Han Dynasty: Wang Bao (王褒), Rhapsody for the Flute, Wen Xuan (文選/洞簫賦)

     哮呷呟喚，躋躓連絕，淈殄沌兮

     Loudly and boldly, a continuous stream of high and low notes become jumbled together.

Derived terms

• 呟喚／呟唤

References

• Hanyu Da Zidian (漢語大字典), Taipei: Jianhong Publishers (建宏出版社), 1998, ISBN 9578134789

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: げん (gen)
• Kun: つぶやく (tsubuyaku)

Korean

Hanja

呟 • ‎(hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn)

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