吟

吟 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口人戈弓 (ROIN), four-corner 6802₇, composition ⿰口今)

• 荶, 𡷧, 𫕖, 𠤾, 𣵴, 𦛽, 𥆽, 𪑑, 𩒻

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3330
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 591, character 10
• Unihan data for U+541F

Historical forms of the character 吟
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms) : semantic 口 + phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm).

吟

1. to recite; to chant
2. to groan
3. (literature) a type of poetry
4. (of animals) to cry; to call

• “吟”, 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–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to recite; to chant
2. to moan

• Go-on: ごん (gon)^{←ごん (gon, historical)←ごむ (gomu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: ぎん (gin, Jōyō)^{←ぎん (gin, historical)←ぎむ (gimu, ancient)}
• On: きん (kin)、こん (kon)
• Kun: うたう (utau, 吟う)^{←うたふ (utafu, 吟ふ, historical)}、なく (naku, 吟く)、ぎんじる (ginjiru, 吟じる)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [음]

 

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

吟

Wikisource

吟 • (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune–Reischauer ŭm)

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吟 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of gằm.

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[2] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

吟: Hán Việt readings: ngâm (魚(ngư)音(âm)切(thiết))^[1][2][3]
吟: Nôm readings: ngẫm^[1][2][3][4], ngậm^[1][2][3][4], ngâm^[1][2][3], cầm^[1][2], ngắm^[1][3], gầm^[1][3], gặm^[3][4], gẫm^[3][4], ngăm^[3][4], ngăn^[3][4], câm^[1], căm^[1], cằm^[1], ngầm^[1], ngẩm^[3], ngợm^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of ngâm (“to recite; to read in a singing voice”).