How to Write 嗡 (wēng) — Meaning “Buzz or hum.”

Picture an old man (翁) cupping his hand to his mouth (口) and making a buzzing 'wēng wēng' sound like a bee. The sound itself mimics the character's pronunciation, so you can associate the visual of an old man buzzing with the character 嗡.

Write the left radical 口 small and high, then write the right part 翁 with its 10 strokes. The right side has a left-falling stroke first, then a right-falling stroke, and later a horizontal hook before the final dot. A common mistake is making the 口 too large or writing the right part too narrow, so keep proportions balanced.

嗡 (wēng) means 'buzz' and is used for humming sounds, while 㕡 (rare, pronounced huò) means 'gurgle' and has the right component 霍. 唪 (fěng) means 'to chant' or 'recite' and uses 奉 on the right. Visually, 翁 in 嗡 has a distinctive top part with two diagonal strokes, whereas 霍 has many more strokes and 奉 has a flat top.

嗡 appears mainly in reduplicated form 嗡嗡 (wēng wēng) to describe persistent buzzing, like a bee or a drone. It is also used in 嗡鸣 (wēng míng) for a humming sound in technical descriptions. The character is not common in everyday conversation but appears in literature or when mimicking sounds, and it has no special cultural significance beyond onomatopoeia.

Common words containing 嗡 include: 嗡嗡 (wēng wēng) — Buzzing or humming.; 嗡鸣 (wēng míng) — Humming sound.; 嗡 (wēng) — Buzz or hum..