聂

Tap the pinyin to hear it

to whisper

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A pair 双 of ears 耳

Components 耳双

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
聂拉木县	Niè lā mù Xiàn	Nyalam, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市\|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
聂拉木	Niè lā mù	see 聶拉木縣\|聂拉木县[Nie4 la1 mu4 Xian4]
聂卫平	Niè Wèi píng	Nie Weiping (1952–), Chinese professional Go player
聂荣县	Niè róng Xiàn	Nyainrong, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet
聂耳	Niè Ěr	Nie Er (1912-1935), musician and composer of the PRC national anthem March of the Voluntee…
聂姆曹娃	Niè mǔ cáo wá	Božena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer
聂荣	Niè róng	see 聶榮縣\|聂荣县[Nie4 rong2 Xian4]

These characters use 聂 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
聂 sound part	niè	to whisper; surname
摄	shè	to absorb, to take in; to photograph; to act on behalf of
慑	shè	afraid, scared; to frighten, to intimidate
嗫	niè	to move the lips as if speaking; hesitation
颞	niè	the temporal bone
镊	niè	tweezers, forceps, pliers; to nip, to pluck
滠	shè	a river in Hubei province