㕯
nè

slow-tongued

Phonosemantic compound. 内 represents the sound and 口 represents the meaning. Variant of 訥.

Components

内
内 Sound component
nèi inside
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》:“,言之訥也。从口,从內。”

Sources

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