呟

呟

呟 U+545F, 呟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-545F ← 呞 [U+545E] CJK Unified Ideographs 呠 → [U+5460]

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		呟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juǎn (juan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: juǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chüan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

呟

1. (archaic) loud
2. (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.

Compounds

呟喚／呟唤

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Japanese

Kanji

呟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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