囈

See also: 呓

囈 U+56C8, 囈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C8 ← 囇 [U+56C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 囉 → [U+56C9]

Translingual

Han character

囈 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 口廿土戈 (RTGI), four-corner 6403₁, composition ⿰口藝)

1. talk in one's sleep, somniloquy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 215, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4629
• Dae Jaweon: page 438, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 13
• Unihan data for U+56C8

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褹	*ŋr'eːds, *ŋeds
勢	*hŋjeds
藝	*ŋeds
囈	*ŋeds
埶	*ŋeds
蓺	*ŋeds
槸	*ŋeds
爇	*ŋʷjed
褻	*sŋed
暬	*sŋed
熱	*ŋjed
槷	*ŋeːd

Etymology 1

trad.		囈
simp.		呓
alternative forms		讛／𰵖 𡂞 𠾁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁶
    • Yale: ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjiejH

Rime
Character	囈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚祭切
Baxter	ngjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiajH/
Li Rong	/ŋiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囈
Reading #	1/1
No.	15091
Phonetic component	埶
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	藝
Old Chinese	/*ŋeds/

Definitions

囈

1. to talk in one's sleep; to sleeptalk

Compounds

• 含囈／含呓 (hányì)
• 啽囈／啽呓
• 囈怔／呓怔
• 囈掙／呓挣
• 囈語／呓语 (yìyǔ)
• 夢囈／梦呓 (mèngyì)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 囈 – see 𠼮 (“to nag and beg; to importune”). (This character is a variant form of 𠼮).

Japanese

Kanji

囈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げい (gei)
• Kun: ねごと (negoto)

Korean

Hanja

囈 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

囈: Hán Nôm readings: nghệ

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References

• Nom Foundation