㕯
nè

slow-tongued

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訥

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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

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)