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嘯

嘯

嘯 U+562F, 嘯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-562F
← 嘮
[U+562E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘰 →
[U+5630]
See also: 啸 and 嘨

Translingual

Han character

嘯 (radical 30 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口中X (RLX), four-corner 65027, composition ⿰口肅)

  1. to roar, howl, scream
  2. to whistle

References

  • KangXi: page 206, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4246
  • Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 694, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+562F

Chinese

trad. 嘯
simp. 啸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
簫 *sɯːw
蕭 *sɯːw
瀟 *sɯːw
潚 *sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇 *sɯːw
蟰 *sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚 *sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯 *sɯːwɢs
歗 *sɯːwɢs
熽 *sɯːwɢs
繡 *sɯwɢs
鏽 *sɯwɢs
肅 *sɯwɢ
鷫 *sɯwɢ
驌 *sɯwɢ
鱐 *sɯwɢ
璛 *sɯwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嘯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 蘇弔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /seuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /seuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /seuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɛwH/
Li
Rong		 /seuH/
Wang
Li		 /sieuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /sieuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嘯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sewH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*sˤiw(k)-s/
English to wail

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 嘯
Reading # 1/1
No. 12120
Phonetic
component		 肅
Rime
group		 奧
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 嘯
Old
Chinese		 /*sɯːwɢs/

Definitions

嘯

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嘯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to whistle

Readings

  • Goon: しょう (shō), (historical) せう (seu)
  • Kan’on: しょう (shō), (historical) せう (seu)
  • Kun: うそ (uso), うそふき (usofuki), うそぶ (嘯ぶ, usobu) (classical), うそぶく (嘯く, usobuku), うそぶき (usobuki), うそぶき (嘯き, usobuki), うそむ (嘯む, usomu) (classical), うそむく (嘯く, usomuku) (classical), ふく (嘯く, fuku) (rare)

Compounds

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. Appears in poem 1753 of the Man'yōshū, a poetry compilation completed around 759 CE, in the compound form 嘯鳴 (usobuki; see below).

Pronunciation

Noun

嘯 ‎(hiragana うそ, romaji uso)

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a whistle (sound), a whistling sound

Derived terms

Etymology 2

嘯 (usofuki): the “whistling” mask used in kyōgen performances.
Kanji in this term
嘯
うそふ(き)
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Compound of 嘯 ‎(uso, “whistle, whistling”) +‎ 吹き ‎(fuki, “blowing”, the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 吹く fuku, “to blow”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 嘯吹

Noun

嘯 ‎(hiragana うそふき, romaji usofuki)

  1. the clownish “whistling” mask used in 狂言 ‎(kyōgen, “a farce performed between noh plays”, literally “crazy talk”)
Synonyms
  • ひょっとこ ‎(hyottoko)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
嘯
うそぶ(き)
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Originally a compound of 嘯 ‎(uso, “whistle, whistling”) +‎ 吹き ‎(fuki, “blowing”, the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 吹く fuku, “to blow”).[1][2]The fuki changes to buki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

嘯 ‎(hiragana うそぶき, romaji usobuki)

  1. whistling, making a whistling sound
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

嘯 • ‎(so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune-Reischauer so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘯 (khiếu)

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