Chinese Character 讷 Meanings and components.

Form

讷

Meaning

讷 meaning[3] in English

To Speak Slowly.

Inarticulate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 讷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and inside (内)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVOB

How to write 讷

To write讷ne4to speak … you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 内nei4inside arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 内 = 讷

讷 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 讷 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 讷, looks as follow:

讷
Pinyin:ne4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Speak Slowly . Inarticulate
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
内
Pinyin:nei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Inside . Inner . Internal . Within . Interior
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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