囁

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See also: 嗫
囁 U+56C1, 囁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C1
← 囀
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 囂 →

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

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
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

References

Japanese

Kanji

囁

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. To murmur or mumble, To whisper

Readings

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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