孽

See also: 孼

Translingual

Han character

孽 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿十弓木 (TJND), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱薛子)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7047
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1020, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5B7D

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Chinese

trad.		孽
simp. #		孽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
躠	*sŋaːd
嶭	*ŋaːd, *ŋeːd
櫱	*ŋaːd, *ŋred
薛	*sŋed
辥	*sŋed
孼	*ŋred
蘖	*ŋred
蠥	*ŋred
孽	*ŋred
糵	*ŋred

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyie² / nie³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ / jit⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiet / ngiat

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiad⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): ngiè
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngiĕk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gia̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiag⁸

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• 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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyie² / nie³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: nie / lie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiɛ²¹/, /niɛ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ / jit⁶
    • Yale: yihp / yiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ / jit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ / yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚²/, /jiːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯at̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiat̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngiè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɛ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋieʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛt̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngiag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiak̚⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 孽
Mandarin	Beijing	/niɛ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/niɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/nie⁵³/
	Jinan	/ȵiə²¹/
	Qingdao	/niə⁴²/ /iə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/iɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/niɛ²¹/
	Xining	/ȵi⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/nie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ȵiə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ȵiɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ȵie³¹/
	Guiyang	/nie²¹/
	Kunming	/niɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/lieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/liɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/niəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/ȵiʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/niaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ȵiəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/neʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/ȵia⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ȵie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋiat̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jip̚²/
	Nanning	/nit̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/jip̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/giat̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ŋieʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ŋiɛ⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ŋiak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ŋit̚⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)at/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋred/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niè
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjet ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)at/
English	concubine’s son
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孽
Reading #	1/1
No.	14066
Phonetic component	薛
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	孼
Old Chinese	/*ŋred/
Notes	集韻孼字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孽

1. evil
2. son of a concubine
3. ghost

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Japanese

Kanji

孽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げつ (getsu), げち (gechi)
• Kun: わきばら (wakibara)

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Korean

Hanja

孽 • (eol) (hangeul 얼, revised eol, McCune–Reischauer ŏl)

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Vietnamese

Han character

孽 (nghiệt, nghét, nghẹt, nghịt)

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