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喦

niè
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 talkative (classical)
  2. 2 old form of 岩 (yán): cliff; rock

Examples

HSK 7-9
小路沿着陡峭的岩石脚蜿蜒。
Xiǎolù yánzhe dǒuqiào de yán shí jiǎo wānyán.
The path winds along the foot of a steep rocky cliff.

Tips

history
喦 is not used independently in modern Chinese. One tradition reads it niè 'talkative'; another treats it as an old form of 岩 (cliff, rock), the form now used everywhere. It also appears as a component in 嵒.
register
Archaic glyph only, found in old texts and etymology notes. Write 岩 for cliff or rock today.

Components

semantic
品 pǐn
many mouths; articles
品 is three 口 (mouths) stacked together. For the 'talkative' sense the many mouths picture chatter; for the rock sense they suggest piled stones.
semantic
山 shān
mountain
山 (mountain) underneath anchors the cliff/rock meaning, the same idea kept in the modern form 岩 (mountain over stone).

No stroke data for 喦; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

喦 niè