讷
to speak slowly; inarticulate
6 strokes
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How 讷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 内 (phonetic, nèi)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 内
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 内 (nèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内 sound component | nèi | inside |
| 纳 | nà | to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take |
| 钠 | nà | sodium, natrium; to sharpen wood |
| 呐 | nà | to raise one's voice; to yell, to shout; to stammer |
| 芮 | ruì | tiny, small; the water's edge |
| 枘 | ruì | a handle for a tool |
| 肭 | nà | fat, blubber; a seal |
| 衲 | nà | to sew, to mend; quilt; patch; cassock |
| 蚋 | ruì | mosquito, gnat |
Words containing 讷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讷河市 | Nè hé Shì | Nehe, a county-level city in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 罗讷河 | Luó nè Hé | Rhone River, France |
| 基希讷乌 | Jī xī nè wū | Chişinău or Chisinau, capital of Moldova |
| 木讷寡言 | mù nè guǎ yán | honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom) |
| 口讷 | kǒu nè | (literary) inarticulate |
| 讷河 | Nè hé | see 訥河市|讷河市[Ne4 he2 Shi4] |
| 木讷 | mù nè | wooden and slow of speech; slow-speeched; inarticulate; unsophisticated |
| 乌讷楚 | Wū nè chǔ | Uxin or Wushen banner in southwest Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mong… |
| 刚毅木讷 | gāng yì mù nè | resolute and taciturn (idiom) |
| 迂讷 | yū nè | overcautious; conservative and dull in conversation |
| 讷涩 | nè sè | clumsy in speech; tongue tied |
| 讷讷 | nè nè | (of speech) indistinct; mumbling; hesitating |