聶

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, 𤣒, 𮁖, 䌰(𦈙), 𮌀, 襵(𫌇), 䝕(𬥄), 躡(蹑), 鑷(镊), 䯀(䯅), 𠠨, 㱌, 𣀳, 顳(颞), 𥍉

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		聶
simp.		聂

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

Triplication of 耳 (“ear”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nip⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): liap

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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): /njɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nip⁶
    • Yale: nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap
    • Tâi-lô: liap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²/

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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 (Min Nan)	/liap̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/niɛʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/niɛ²⁴/ /ŋiɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/niap̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/nit̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɳˠiᴇp̚/

Rime
Character	聶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	鹽 (156)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼輒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjiap̚/
Li Rong	/njɛp̚/
Wang Li	/nĭɛp̚/
Bernard 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

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Japanese

Kanji

聶

(uncommon “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)

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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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