niè

talkative

Pictograph of three mouths () linked together.

Components

Iconic component
pǐn product

Depicts three mouths.

Iconic component
characterless component

Indicates the mouths being linked together. Not related to (mountain).


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2)

Simplified (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“喦,多言也。从品相連。《春秋傳》曰:‘次於喦北。’讀與聶同。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica