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訥
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讷
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slow of speech

HSK 10
Communication →Language
nè
トツ
ども.る
눌
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (訥)
言 say+ 内 inside =
訥 slow of speech
言 Meaning component
yán say
words, speech
内 Phonetic component
nèi inside
inside, interior
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Simplified (讷)
讠 speech+ 内 inside =
讷 slow of speech
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
KangXi radical 149
讠 is a component form of 言.
内 Phonetic component
nèi inside
inside, interior
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Notes
Similar Characters
唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
訥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
讷 / 訥 [nè]
to speak slowly; inarticulate
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
訥 とつ
Totsu given name
CHINESE WORDS (13)
木讷 [mù​nè] #40,989
wooden and slow of speech
讷河 [Nè​hé] #51,224
Nehe county level city in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qí​qí​hā​'ěr], Heilongjiang
讷讷 [nè​nè] #43,599
(of speech) indistinct
讷河市 [Nè​hé​shì] #61,983
Nehe county level city in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qí​qí​hā​'ěr], Heilongjiang
基希讷乌 [Jī​xī​nè​wū] #65,096
Chişinău or Chisinau, capital of Moldova
木讷寡言 [mù​nè​guǎ​yán] #70,768
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
刚毅木讷 [gāng​yì​mù​nè] #71,250
resolute and taciturn (idiom)
口讷 [kǒu​nè]
(literary) inarticulate
木讷老人 [mù​nè​lǎo​rén]
ungraduated ruler
乌讷楚 [Wū​nè​chǔ]
Uxin or Wushen banner in southwest Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E​'ěr​duō​sī], Inner Mongolia
3 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
訥々 [とつとつ] #37,659
halting (speech)
朴訥 [ぼくとつ] #42,961
unsophisticated
訥弁 [とつべん] #142,876
slowness of speech