聹

See also: 聍

聹 U 8079, 聹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8079 ← 聸 [U 8078] CJK Unified Ideographs 聺 → [U 807A]

Translingual

Han character

聹 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳 14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 尸十十心弓 (SJJPN), four-corner 1312₁, composition ⿰耳寧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 970, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29199
• Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2799, character 10
• Unihan data for U 8079

Chinese

trad.		聹
simp.		聍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寧) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
濘	*neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
獰	*rnaːŋ
檸	*rnaːŋʔ
儜	*rneːŋ
薴	*rneːŋ
鬡	*rneːŋ
鑏	*rneːŋ
嬣	*rneːŋ
寍	*neːŋ
寗	*neːŋs
甯	*neːŋs
寧	*neːŋ
鸋	*neːŋ, *neːŋs
嚀	*neːŋ
聹	*neːŋ, *neːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *neːŋ, *neːŋʔ) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) phonetic 寧 (OC *neːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níng (ning²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níng
    • Wade–Giles: ning²
    • Yale: níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ning⁴
    • Yale: nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: neng, nengX

Rime
Character	聹	聹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	奴丁切	乃挺切
Baxter	neng	nengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neŋ/	/neŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/neŋ/	/neŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛŋ/	/nɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjŋ/	/nɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/neŋ/	/neŋX/
Wang Li	/nieŋ/	/nieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieŋ/	/nieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	níng	nǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ning4	ning5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːŋ/, /*neːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聹	聹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9559	9560
Phonetic component	寧	寧
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	寧	𩕳
Old Chinese	/*neːŋ/	/*neːŋʔ/
Notes	見靈樞	見靈樞

Definitions

聹

1. Only used in 耵聹／耵聍 (dīngníng).

Japanese

Kanji

聹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): でい (dei)、にょう (nyō)
• Kun: みみあか (mimiaka)、かまびすし (kamabisushi)