Chinese Character Wiki
聂

niè

whisper

Simplified form of 聶. Triple of 耳 (ear).

Components
耳 iconic component

耳  Iconic component

ěr

  

ear

又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the traditional component 耳.

又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the traditional component 耳.

Evolution

聂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聂 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
聂 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
聂 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

聂 (聶) 

niè

whisper; surname; to whisper

聂 (聶) 

Niè

surname Nie

Most common words with 聂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

聂

surname Nie

聂卫平

Nie Weiping (1952-), professional Go player

聂耳

Nie Er (1912-1935), musician and composer of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲

聂拉木

Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

聂荣

Nyainrong county, Tibetan: Gnyan rong rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Nà​qǔ​dì​qū], central Tibet

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

蹑

Sound component in 7 characters (1 verified)

摄 慑 蹑 嗫 颞 镊 滠

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nrep

nrjep

niè

promise; whisper in one's ear


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2797th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

聶

Unicode

U+8042


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