U+5516 "唖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5516 "唖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that is also used in Japanese kanji, where it is commonly associated with the meaning of "dumb" or "mute," often referring to an inability to speak, and it appears as a variant or simplified form of the more standard character 啞, which carries the same meaning. In Japanese, it is frequently employed in compound words like 唖然 (azen), meaning "speechless" or "astonished," and it is classified under the radical for "mouth" (口), reflecting its connection to verbal expression. While less common in modern everyday Chinese usage, it retains its historical significance as a logograph representing silence or voicelessness across East Asian writing systems.