# 囁

| 囁 | U+56C1, &#22209; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C1 |
| ← 囀 [U+56C0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 囂 → [U+56C2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

囁 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口尸十十 (RSJJ), four-corner 6104$_1$, composition ⿰口聶)
* move lips as when speaking
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niè, zhé (nie$^4$, zhe$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ, ㄓㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zip$^3$ / jip$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liap
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhé
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^2$
*** Yale: jé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
*** Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zip$^3$ / jip$^6$
*** Yale: jip / yihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzip$^8$ / jip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jib$^3$ / yib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːp̚³/, /jiːp̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap
*** Tâi-lô: liap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liab
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liap̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liap̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liap̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: nyep, tsyep
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 | jip$^6$ | zip$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔnjeb/, /*njeb/
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
* soft unclear voice
* move the mouth as in speaking; to chatter
* hesitation
* (Hokkien) to talk bad behind one's back; to chatter; to have words; to speak recklessly; to fabricate slander

#### Compounds

* 呫囁／呫嗫
* 喋囁／喋嗫
* 嚅囁／嚅嗫
* 囁嚅／嗫嚅 (nièrú)
* 囁囁嚅嚅／嗫嗫嚅嚅

### References

* “囁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* To murmur or mumble, To whisper

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)、にょう (nyō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)、じょう (jō)
* Kun: ささやく (sasayaku, 囁く)、ささやき (sasayaki, 囁き)

## 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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