聻

聻 U+807B, 聻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-807B ← 聺 [U+807A] CJK Unified Ideographs 聼 → [U+807C]

Translingual

Han character

聻 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 水中尸十 (ELSJ), composition ⿱漸耳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 970, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29203
• Dae Jaweon: page 1422, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2799, character 8
• Unihan data for U+807B

Chinese

trad.		聻
simp.		𫆏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佴	*nɯːs, *njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	*njis, *njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	*njɯ, *njɯs
誀	*njɯ, *njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	*njɯʔ, *njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	*njɯs, *rnɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ, jiàn (ni³, jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ, ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ / zim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³
    • Yale: nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ / zim⁶
    • Yale: néih / jihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ / dzim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ / jim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³/, /t͡siːm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nriX

Rime
Character	聻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	乃里切
Baxter	nriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/nieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨX/
Li Rong	/niəX/
Wang Li	/nĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nei5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聻
Reading #	1/1
No.	2779
Phonetic component	耳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	伱
Old Chinese	/*nɯʔ/
Notes	爾音變

Definitions

聻

1. (obsolete) ghost of a dead spirit