囈

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See also: 呓
囈 U+56C8, 囈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C8
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Translingual

Han character

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

  1. 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／𰵖
𡂞
𠾁

Pronunciation

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 		/ŋiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋiajH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngai6
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

  1. to talk in one's sleep; to sleeptalk
Compounds

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

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