nè
slow of speech
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 訥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
inarticulate | ||
slow-speeched | ||
Nehe county level city in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qíqíhā'ěr], Heilongjiang | ||
mumbling | ||
Nehe county level city in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qíqíhā'ěr], Heilongjiang |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*nˤut | nwot | nè | slow of speech |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3916th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8A25 |
Shuowen | “訥，言難也。从言，从內。” |
Sources
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