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)

1. move lips as when speaking
2. 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/
Bernard 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

1. soft unclear voice
2. move the mouth as in speaking; to chatter
3. hesitation
4. (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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. 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))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

囁 (eum 엽 (yeop))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

囁: Hán Nôm readings: chiếp, li, niếp

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.