呫嚅 chèrú mumble Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 呫 zhān, tiè, chè whisper To divine 占 with one's tongue 口 Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 占 占 Meaning component zhàn divine Character Evolution Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtʰeːb Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica 嚅 rú talk indistinctly and falteringly Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 需 需 Sound component xū need Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangnjo Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang