訚
yínYín

speak gently

Components

门
门 Sound component
mén, men door
言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誾 speak gently Traditional

Components

門
門 Sound component
mén, men door
言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngin[ŋ]rə[n] (< uvular?)affable, reasonable
Zhengzhangŋrɯn

說文解字

和說而諍也。从言門聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)