趑趄嗫嚅
zī​jū​niè​rú

faltering and mumbling

趑 zī, cì can't move

Unable to put one foot 走 after the other 次; 次 also provides the pronunciation

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
次
次 SoundMeaning component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰli

說文解字

趑趄，行不進也。从走次聲。

Sources

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

趄 jū, qiè weak

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk

walk

且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰjaːs
sʰa

說文解字

趑趄也。从走且聲。

Sources

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

嗫 niè, zhé move lips as when speaking Simplified

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

聂
聂 Sound component
niè, zhé, shè whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangnjo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

囁 move lips as when speaking Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔnjeb
njeb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang