Hanja Analyzer
囁

囁 — seop, yeop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
말하려다 멈출 섭, 중얼거릴 섭, 입 다물 섭, 소곤거릴 엽
Romanization
seop, yeop
English
move lips as when speaking; hesitation
Mandarin
niè
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, ニョウ, ジョウ, セツ
Japanese kun'yomi
ささや.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
21
Radical
口 (30, 18 residual)
Phonetic component
聶(섭)
Unicode
U+56C1

Parts that make up 囁

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 聶 소곤거릴 섭, 낄 섭, 성씨 섭sound 귀 셋을 맞댄 모양‘섭·녑’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 囁

  • 囁くささやく to whisper; to murmur; to rumor
  • 囁きささやき whispering; whisper; secret talk
  • 囁き言ささやきごと whispering; whisper; secret talk
  • 蚊の囁くような声かのささやくようなこえ faint voice

Characters sharing the phonetic 聶

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “섭” in Korean.

Other hanja read “섭”

Other hanja with radical 口

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