slow-tongued

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning. Variant of .

Components
内 sound component

  Sound component

nèi

  

inside

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

㕯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㕯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

slow-tongued; to stammer, to shout in triumph; the noise of shouting in battle; old variant of |[nè]

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)