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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), 𡓳, 𡤙, 𭗵, 懾(慑), 攝(摄), 灄(滠), 𤣒, 𨽦, 𣌍, 欇(𪳍), 㸎, 𰢚, 𦣀, 𥍉, 𮁖, 𮂨, 襵(𫌇), 𬗂, 䌰(𦈙), 𮌀, 𧕩, 讘, 䝕(𬥄), 躡(蹑), 𨊞, 𨏴, 鑷(镊), 䯀(䯅), 𩽪, 𨙓, 𣰼, 𱃒
- 𠠨, 𣀳, 㱌, 𰚶, 𤮱, 𭽺, 顳(颞), 𩙝, 𥷨, 𣠞, 𥤋
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 攝
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*neːb, *ʔnjeb
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| 聶
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*neb
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| 鑷
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*neb
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| 躡
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*neb
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| 襵
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*nteb, *ʔnjeb
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| 懾
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*ʔnjeb
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| 囁
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*ʔnjeb, *njeb
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| 欇
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*ʔnjeb, *n̥ʰjeb, *ɦnjeb, *hnjeb
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| 灄
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*hnjeb
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| 顳
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*njeb
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| 讘
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*njeb
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Triplication of 耳 (“ear”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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聶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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niè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nrjep ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nrep/
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| English
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promise; whisper in one"s ear
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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聶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9529
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Phonetic
component
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聶
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Rime
group
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盍
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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聶
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Old
Chinese
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/*neb/
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Definitions
聶
- to whisper (into one's ear)
- a surname
- 聶耳／聂耳 ― Niè Ěr ― Nie Er (Chinese composer)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
聶
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
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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