Read Edit View history 㕯 nè slow-tongued Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Component uses Sound (2) 裔矞 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 Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)