nè
slow-tongued
Phonosemantic compound. 内 represents the sound and 口 represents the meaning. Variant of 訥.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*nˤut | nwot | nè | slow of speech |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+356F |
Shuowen | “,言之訥也。从口,从內。” |
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