聶

See also: 聂

聶 U+8076, 聶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8076 ← 聵 [U+8075] CJK Unified Ideographs 職 → [U+8077]

Translingual

Han character

聶 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+12, 18 strokes, Cangjie input 尸十尸十十 (SJSJJ), four-corner 1044₁, composition ⿱耳聑)

Derived characters

• 㒤, 囁(嗫), 懾(慑), 攝(摄), 灄(滠), 欇(𪳍), 㸎, 襵(𫌇), 䌰(𦈙), 讘(𰵹), 䝕(𬥄), 躡(蹑), 鑷(镊), 䯀(䯅)
• 㱌, 顳(颞)

Additional Derived Characters

• 𡓳(𱗝), 𡤙, 𭗵, 𤣒, 𨽦, 𣌍(𱢙), 𰢚, 𦣀, 𮂨, 𱲉, 𥍉(𱳅), 𮁖, 𬗂(𱹔), 𮌀, 𧕩, 𨊞, 𨏴, 𩽪
• 𨙓, 𣰼, 𱃒, 𠠨, 𣀳, 𰚶, 𤮱, 𭽺, 𩙝, 𣠞, 𥤋, 𥷨, 𱸗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29179
• Dae Jaweon: page 1421, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2796, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8076

Chinese

trad.		聶
simp.		聂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 聶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Triplication of 耳 (“ear”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nip⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): niap²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiap

  (Hailu, HRS): ngiab

• Eastern Min (BUC): niék
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nieh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): niab⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸gniq

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nip⁶
    • Yale: nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːp̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: niap²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdiap̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiap
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯ap̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiab
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiap⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiɛʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: niah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niɛʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niɛʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap
    • Tâi-lô: liap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liab
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: niab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niap̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸gniq
    • MiniDict: nyih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵nyiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɪʔ¹²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 聶
Mandarin	Beijing	/niɛ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/niɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/nie⁵³/
	Jinan	/ȵiə²¹/
	Qingdao	/niə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/niɛ²⁴/
	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	/niəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/ȵiʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/niaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiaʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ȵiəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/neʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/ȵia⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ȵie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋiap̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/ŋiɑp̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/nip̚²/
	Nanning	/nip̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/nip̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/liap̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/niɛʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/niɛ²⁴/ /ŋiɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/niap̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/nit̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjep

Rime
Character	聶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	葉 (156)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼輒切
Baxter	nrjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjiap̚/
Li Rong	/njɛp̚/
Wang Li	/nĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nip6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nrep/

  (Zhengzhang): /*neb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niè
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjep ›
Old Chinese	/*nrep/
English	promise; whisper in one"s ear
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	聶
Reading #	1/1
No.	9529
Phonetic component	聶
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聶
Old Chinese	/*neb/

Definitions

聶

1. to whisper (into one's ear)
2. a surname

   聶耳／聂耳  ―  Niè Ěr  ―  Nie Er (Chinese composer)

Compounds

• 聶坡 / 聂坡 (Nièpō)
• 聶墳 / 聂坟 (Nièfén)
• 聶家河 / 聂家河 (Nièjiāhé)
• 聶畈 / 聂畈 (Nièfàn)
• 聶聶 / 聂聂

Japanese

Kanji

聶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねふ (nefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←でふ (defu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kun: ささやく (sasayaku, 聶く)

Korean

Hanja

聶 • (seop) (hangeul 섭, revised seop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聶: Hán Nôm readings: nhiếp, niếp

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