訥
nè

slow of speech

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
内
内 Sound component
nèi inside

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnwotnˤut slow of speech

說文解字

《說文》：“訥，言難也。从言，从內。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

讷 nè slow of speech Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訥.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

内
内 Sound component
nèi inside

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode