What is the primary use of 啌?

啌 is primarily an onomatopoeic character used to represent hollow sounds, thuds, or animal noises like pig grunts.

Is 啌 common in modern Chinese?

No, 啌 is relatively rare in modern everyday usage and is more often found in classical literature or specific descriptive contexts.

啌 specifically suggests a hollow, dull quality (like a thud or deep cough), whereas 咚 is more general for impacts, and 哐 suggests metallic clanging.

啌Tone 1

xiāng ｜ 11 strokes ｜ radical:

A sound;

onomatopoeia for a hollow sound, a thud, or a cough-like noise;

also used in describing the sound of animals or objects.

A soundonomatopoeia for a hollow sound, a thud, oralso used in describing the sound of animals

thudding soundhollow coughpig gruntingdull drum soundsound of knockingonomatopoeia for impact

Primarily used as an onomatopoeic character in literature and descriptive writing.
Often appears in contexts describing animal sounds, particularly pigs, or hollow impact noises.
More common in classical and literary Chinese than in modern everyday usage.