囁

See also: 嗫

囁	U+56C1, 囁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C1

← 囀
[U+56C0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

囂 →
[U+56C2]

Translingual

Han character

囁 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口尸十十 (RSJJ), four-corner 6104₁, composition ⿰口聶)

move lips as when speaking
hesitation

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4615
Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 12
Unihan data for U+56C1

Chinese

trad.		囁
simp.		嗫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (聶) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
攝	neːb, ʔnjeb
聶	*neb
鑷	*neb
躡	*neb
襵	nteb, ʔnjeb
懾	*ʔnjeb
囁	ʔnjeb, njeb
欇	ʔnjeb, n̥ʰjeb, ɦnjeb, hnjeb
灄	*hnjeb
顳	*njeb
讘	*njeb

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niè, zhé (nie⁴, zhe²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ, ㄓㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zip³ / jip⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niè
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niè
  - Wade–Giles: nieh⁴
  - Yale: nyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
  - Palladius: не (ne)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
  - Wade–Giles: chê²
  - Yale: jé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
  - Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zip³ / jip⁶
  - Yale: jip / yihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzip⁸ / jip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jib³ / yib⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːp̚³/, /jiːp̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap
  - Tâi-lô: liap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liab
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liap̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liap̚³²/

Middle Chinese: nyep, tsyep

Rime
Character	囁	囁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而涉切	之涉切
Baxter	nyep	tsyep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇp̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛp̚/	/t͡ɕiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæp̚/	/t͡ɕjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiap̚/	/ciap̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛp̚/	/t͡ɕiɛp̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛp̚/	/t͡ɕĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛp̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rè	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jip⁶	zip³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔnjeb/, /*njeb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囁	囁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9534	9544
Phonetic component	聶	聶
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	讋	讘
Old Chinese	/*ʔnjeb/	/*njeb/

Definitions

囁

soft unclear voice
move the mouth as in speaking; to chatter
hesitation
(Hokkien) to talk bad behind one's back; to chatter; to have words; to speak recklessly; to fabricate slander

Compounds

呫囁 / 呫嗫
喋囁 / 喋嗫
嚅囁 / 嚅嗫
囁嚅 / 嗫嚅 (nièrú)
囁囁嚅嚅 / 嗫嗫嚅嚅

References

“囁”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

囁

(Hyōgai kanji)

To murmur or mumble, To whisper

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}、にょう (nyō)^{←ねふ (nefu, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}、じょう (jō)^{←ぜふ (zefu, historical)}
Kun: ささやく (sasayaku, 囁く)、ささやき (sasayaki, 囁き)

Korean

Hanja

囁 (eum 섭 (seop))

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囁 (eum 엽 (yeop))

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Vietnamese

Han character

囁: Hán Nôm readings: chiếp, li, niếp

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