| 囁 | |||
| move lips as when speaking; hesitation | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 18 | Total Strokes | 21 |
| Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | zip3 |
| Japanese on reading | shou | Japanese kun reading | sasayaku |
| Korean reading | sep yep | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 嗫 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 讘 | ||
| 囁 | [ niè ] move the mouth as in speaking |
| 囁呫 | [ niè tiè ] to whisper |
| 囁嚅 | [ niè rú ] to stammer, to mumble, to speak haltingly |
| 囁囁 | [ niè niè ] talkative, light and soft (of voice) |
| ⇒ 呫囁 | [ tiè niè ] (onom.) muttering, to whisper, mouthing words |
| ⇒ 囁囁 | [ niè niè ] talkative, light and soft (of voice) |
| ⇒ 趑趄囁嚅 | [ zī jū niè rú ] faltering steps, mumbling speech (idiom); hesitant, cringing, to cower |
| ⇒ 趦趄囁嚅 | [ zī jū niè rú ] faltering steps, mumbling speech, hesitant, cringing, to cower |