# 孽

| 孽 | U+5B7D, &#23421; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B7D |
| ← 孼 [U+5B7C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 孾 → [U+5B7E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

孽 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿十弓木 (TJND), four-corner 4440$_7$, composition ⿱薛子)

#### Derived characters

* 𠑦, 𡅲, 𡿒, 𰸹, 𪓈, 𢌎

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7047
* Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1020, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5B7D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 躠 | *sŋaːd |
| 嶭 | *ŋaːd, *ŋeːd |
| 櫱 | *ŋaːd, *ŋred |
| 薛 | *sŋed |
| 辥 | *sŋed |
| 孼 | *ŋred |
| 蘖 | *ŋred |
| 蠥 | *ŋred |
| 孽 | *ŋred |
| 糵 | *ŋred |

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “*s-nya-s ⪤ *s-nyan PUNISH / OPPRESS / COERCE?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): niè (nie$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyie$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jip$^6$ / jit$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nget$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyiet$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngiet / ngiat / ngiak
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiad$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): nieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngiè
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngiĕk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gia̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiag$^8$ / ngiêg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$gniq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyie$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niè
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niè
*** Wade–Giles: nieh$^4$
*** Yale: nyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
*** Palladius: не (ne)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyie$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: nie
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲiɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jip$^6$ / jit$^6$
*** Yale: yihp / yiht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jip$^9$ / jit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yib$^6$ / yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːp̚²/, /jiːt̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nget$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡet̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyiet$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲiɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiet
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngied$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯et̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiat / ngiak
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngiad$^ˋ$ / ngiag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngiad$^5$ / ngiag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯at̚²/, /ŋi̯ak̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋiat̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: nieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /niəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngiè
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋiɛ⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋieʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍t
*** Tâi-lô: gia̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɛt̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɛt̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛt̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngiag$^8$ / ngiêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngia̍k / ngie̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋiak̚⁴/, /ŋiek̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$gniq
*** MiniDict: nyih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$nyiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɪʔ¹²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: nyie$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi̯e̞²⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit孽 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /niɛ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /niɛ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /nie⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ȵiə²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /niə⁴²/ /iə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /iɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /niɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ȵi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /nie¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ȵiə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ȵiɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /nie²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ȵie³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /nie²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /niɛ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /lieʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /liɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niəʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ȵiʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /niaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiɪʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ȵiəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ȵiəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ȵi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /neʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵia⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵie²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ȵie²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵiɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋiat̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jip̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /nit̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jip̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /giat̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ŋieʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ŋiɛ⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ŋiak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ŋit̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: ngjet
Rime :
| Character | 孽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (83) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 魚列切 |
| Baxter | ngjet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠiᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋjɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭɛt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋi̯ɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)at/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋred/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 孽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | niè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjet › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ(r)at/ |
| English | concubine’s son |
| 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 | 孽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14066 |
| Phonetic component | 薛 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 孼 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋred/ |
| Notes | 集韻孼字 |

### Definitions

孽
* son of a concubine
* ghost; monster
* disaster; calamity
* evil; sin
* treacherous; evil
* (Hokkien) naughty; mischievous
    From: 2020, 黃妃 (Huang Fei) (lyricist 方文良 Neil Fang), 雪咧飛
    Siáng chiah gia̍t, chiong gún só tī-teh bāng lāi-té [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Who's so naughty that they locked me in a dream?

#### Synonyms

* (monster):
* 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
* 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
* 妖 (yāo)
* 妖孽 (yāoniè)
* 妖怪 (yāoguài)
* 妖物 (yāowù)
* 妖精 (yāojīng)
* 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
* 妖魔 (yāomó)
* 怪物 (guàiwu)
* 惡魔／恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
* 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
* 精怪 (jīngguài)
* 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
* 邪魔 (xiémó)
* 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
* 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
* 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)
* (naughty):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 頑皮, 調皮, 淘氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 皮, 淘氣, 淘, 猴, 猴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 皮, 調皮, 頑皮, 淘氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 調皮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 頑皮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 皮, 淘, 猴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 調皮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 調皮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 費 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 調皮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 調皮, 皮, 淘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 費勁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 匪, 淘氣, 俏皮, 皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 皮臉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 淘氣, 費, 千方兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 神, 調皮, 淘氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 淘氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 跳皮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 跳皮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 調皮, 皮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 犯厭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 調皮, 皮, 頑皮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 星君, 扭計, 扭紋, 壞, 煞氣, 頑皮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 壞, 星君, 犯神 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 頑皮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 懆 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 跳皮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 曳, 跳皮, 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 韌皮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 跳皮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 曳, 跳皮, 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 曳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 跳皮, 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 頑皮 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 壞, 跳皮 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 壞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 百厭, 壞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 壞賞, 壞, 曳, 搞家, 譑蠻, 飛耍, 惡教, 匪類, 扭紋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 壞賞, 壞 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 壞鬼 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 韌皮 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 曳, 百厭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 百厭, 跳皮 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 跳皮, 蠻皮 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 跳皮, 百厭, 牛骨, 頑皮 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 韌皮, 百厭, 百跳 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 頑, 牛骨 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 跳皮, 勿乖 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 頑皮 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 韌皮 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 扭計, 曳, 百厭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 調皮, 頑皮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠻皮, 蠻, 番綻, 綻頭, 綻皮, 綻, 懆, 跳皮 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 蠻, 懆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 頑皮 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 調皮, 綻頭, 懆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 頑皮 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 跳皮 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 跳皮 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 綻, 懆 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 賤 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 頑皮 |
| Hakka | Changting | 綻, 懆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 綻, 懆 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 綻 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 綻, 懆 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 浪綻, 懆 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 綻, 孽 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 綻, 頑皮 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 番綻, 蠻皮, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 殘, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 蓋牛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 番綻, 蠻綻, 綻, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 番綻, 綻頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 番綻, 綻頭, 綻剁頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 狡怪, 番, 賤頭, 牛, 牛頭, 牛獗, 賤, 真牛 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 頑皮 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 跳皮 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 跳皮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頑皮 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 調皮 |
| Jin | Handan | 費 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 刁皮, 韌皮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刁皮, 楞蟶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 調皮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 刁皮, 跳限, 跳塌, 賤, 歹死, 揲, 揲篤 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 賤, 歹死 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 孽, 孽潲, 賤, 歹, 歹死 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 賤 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 賤 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 狡怪 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 孽潲 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 孽潲 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 作孽, 孽, 孽潲 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 孽潲 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 孽 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 狡怪 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 孽, 怪孽, 歹死 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 孽, 孽死, 孽潲, 賤, 歹死 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 歹死, 孽, 孽潲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 調皮, 惡蠻, 蠻 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 頑皮 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 燦頭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 野, 野死, 好耍, 頑皮 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 跳皮 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 孬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 跳皮 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 頑皮, 跳皮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頑皮, 皮, 賴皮, 搨皮, 淘氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 厭, 調皮, 頑皮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 皮, 調皮, 厭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 厭, 皮 |
| Wu | Danyang | 調皮, 皮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 厭, 調皮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 皮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 調皮, 皮, 皮蚩, 蠻, 惡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 調皮, 皮, 皮面 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 跳皮, 跳夾 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 跳皮, 頑皮 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 頑皮 |

### Compounds

* 三孽
* 亂孽／乱孽
* 作孽 (zuòniè)
* 便孽
* 兇孽／凶孽
* 冤孽
* 冤孽債／冤孽债
* 冤孽症候
* 凶孽
* 卑孽
* 口孽
* 吃孽
* 夙孽
* 天作孽
* 夭孽
* 天災地孽／天灾地孽
* 女孽
* 妖孽 (yāoniè)
* 姦孽／奸孽
* 媒孽
* 嫡孽
* 嬖孽
* 孤孽
* 孤臣孽子
* 孽債／孽债 (nièzhài)
* 孽冤
* 孽出
* 孽唆
* 孽哥
* 孽報／孽报
* 孽塵／孽尘
* 孽妾
* 孽嬖
* 孽子 (nièzǐ)
* 孽子孤臣
* 孽孫／孽孙
* 孽孽
* 孽寵／孽宠
* 孽庶
* 孽愆
* 孽星
* 孽根
* 孽毒
* 孽海
* 孽潲
* 孽牙
* 孽畜
* 孽相
* 孽種／孽种
* 孽緣／孽缘 (nièyuán)
* 孽臣
* 孽芽
* 孽苗
* 孽蟲／孽虫
* 孽裔
* 孽話／孽话
* 孽譎仔話／孽谲仔话
* 孽豎／孽竖
* 孽障 (nièzhàng)
* 孽障種子／孽障种子
* 孽雞／孽鸡
* 孽類／孽类
* 孽風／孽风
* 孽骨
* 孽鳥／孽鸟
* 孽黨／孽党
* 孽齬／孽龉
* 孽龍／孽龙
* 宗孽
* 宦孽
* 宿孽
* 寇孽
* 寵孽／宠孽
* 封建餘孽／封建余孽
* 小孽
* 巨孽
* 庶孽
* 微孽
* 惡孽／恶孽
* 情孽
* 戚孽
* 打孽
* 揭孽
* 支孽 (zhīniè)
* 旁孽
* 昏孽
* 格孽
* 殃孽
* 殘孽／残孽
* 殘渣餘孽／残渣余孽 (cánzhāyúniè)
* 殷孽
* 毒孽
* 沴孽
* 活冤孽
* 流孽
* 火孽
* 災孽／灾孽
* 無名孽火／无名孽火
* 煽孽
* 牙孽
* 狂孽
* 生孽
* 畜孽
* 疏孽
* 發孽／发孽
* 石孽
* 祅孽
* 禍孽／祸孽
* 種孽／种孽
* 筆孽／笔孽
* 罪孽 (zuìniè)
* 罪孽深重 (zuìniè shēnzhòng)
* 群孽
* 羯孽
* 羽孽
* 臣孽
* 自作孽 (zìzuòniè)
* 自作孽，不可活 (zìzuòniè, bùkěhuó)
* 興妖作孽／兴妖作孽
* 花孽
* 苞孽
* 草孽
* 萌孽
* 華孽／华孽
* 薉孽／𬜨孽
* 蛇孽
* 蝗孽
* 蟲孽／虫孽
* 蠹孽
* 讒孽／谗孽
* 貴孽／贵孽
* 賊孽／贼孽
* 逆孽
* 造口孽
* 逋孽
* 造孽 (zàoniè)
* 適孽／适孽
* 遭孽
* 遺孽／遗孽 (yíniè)
* 遺孽餘烈／遗孽余烈
* 遺腹孽／遗腹孽
* 邊孽／边孽
* 邪孽
* 釁孽／衅孽
* 革孽
* 風流冤孽／风流冤孽
* 餘孽／余孽 (yúniè)
* 魚孽／鱼孽
* 黃孽／黄孽
* 黑風孽海／黑风孽海
* 龍孽／龙孽
* 龜孽／龟孽

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): げつ (getsu)、げち (gechi)
* Kun: わきばら (wakibara)

## Korean
### Hanja

孽 (eumhun 서자(庶子) 얼)
* Alternative form of 孼 (“hanja form of 얼 (“son of a concubine”)”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

孽: Hán Việt readings: nghiệt
孽: Nôm readings: nghiệt, nghét, nghẹt, nghịt
* chữ Hán form of nghiệt (“harsh, cruel, stern, ruthless”).

#### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* 1 2 3 Hồ (1976).