囈

See also: 呓

囈	U+56C8, 囈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C8

← 囇
[U+56C7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

囉 →
[U+56C9]

Translingual

Han character

囈 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 口廿土戈 (RTGI), four-corner 6403₁, composition ⿰口藝)

talk in one's sleep, somniloquy

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 215, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4629
Dae Jaweon: page 438, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 13
Unihan data for U+56C8

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褹	ŋr'eːds, ŋeds
勢	*hŋjeds
藝	*ŋeds
囈	*ŋeds
埶	*ŋeds
蓺	*ŋeds
槸	*ŋeds
爇	*ŋʷjed
褻	*sŋed
暬	*sŋed
熱	*ŋjed
槷	*ŋeːd

Etymology 1

trad.		囈
simp.		呓
alternative forms		讛𡂞𠾁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶
  - Yale: ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: ngjiejH

Rime
Character	囈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚祭切
Baxter	ngjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiaj^H/
Li Rong	/ŋiɛi^H/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囈
Reading #	1/1
No.	15091
Phonetic component	埶
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	藝
Old Chinese	/*ŋeds/

Definitions

囈

to talk in one's sleep; to sleeptalk

Compounds

含囈 / 含呓 (hányì)
啽囈 / 啽呓
囈怔 / 呓怔
囈掙 / 呓挣
囈語 / 呓语 (yìyǔ)
夢囈 / 梦呓 (mèngyì)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 囈 – see 𠼮 (“to nag and beg; to importune”). (This character is a variant form of 𠼮).

Japanese

Kanji

囈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): げい (gei)
Kun: ねごと (negoto)

Korean

Hanja

囈 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

囈: Hán Nôm readings: nghệ

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References

Nom Foundation