嗫嚅 nièrú mumble Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 ChineseZhengzhangnjo Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 囁 move lips as when speaking Traditional Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔnjebnjeb Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang