Kanji Detail for 哼 - "frightened, mutter, snort"

哼

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
哼 means "frightened, mutter, snort."
1. Frightened - Fearful and timid; foolishly cowardly.
2. Mutter - Speaking to oneself.
3. Snort - To exhale through the nose.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hum; sing softly; groan; moan

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hum; sing softly; groan, moan; (Cant.) an interjecting indicating disapproval

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph!

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to hum; to sing softly; to moan, to groan

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Sound of groaning in pain. Sound of displeasure. Both are colloquial expressions.
Onyomi

koh(こう)

kyoh(きょう)
Kunyomi

obi.eru(おびえる)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

口 (kuchi・kuchihen)
Related Keywords
frightened fearful timid foolishly cowardly mutter speaking oneself snort exhale nose