訒

See also: 讱

訒 U+8A12, 訒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A12 ← 訑 [U+8A11] CJK Unified Ideographs 訓 → [U+8A13]

Translingual

Han character

訒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸竹戈 (YRSHI), four-corner 0762₀, composition ⿰訁刃)

1. to speak with caution
2. deliberative

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1148, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35237
• Dae Jaweon: page 1614, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3944, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8A12

Chinese

trad.		訒
simp.		讱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 訒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涊	*nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃	*njɯns
認	*njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞	*njɯns
軔	*njɯns
韌	*njɯns
肕	*njɯns
牣	*njɯns
杒	*njɯns
訒	*njɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rèn
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴
    • Yale: rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
    • Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁶
    • Yale: yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyinH

Rime
Character	訒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而振切
Baxter	nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵinH/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕnH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	訒
Reading #	1/1
No.	10839
Phonetic component	刃
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	刃
Old Chinese	/*njɯns/

Definitions

訒

1. (literary) slow and cautious in speech

   • 司馬牛問仁。子曰：「仁者其言也訒。」曰：「其言也訒，斯謂之仁已乎？」子曰：「為之難，言之得無訒乎？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     司马牛问仁。子曰：「仁者其言也讱。」曰：「其言也讱，斯谓之仁已乎？」子曰：「为之难，言之得无讱乎？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sīmǎ Niú wèn rén. Zǐ yuē: “Rénzhě qí yán yě rèn.” Yuē: “Qí yán yě rèn, sī wèi zhī rén yǐ hū?” Zǐ yuē: “Wéi zhī nán, yán zhī déwú rèn hū?” [Pinyin]

     Si Ma Niu asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech." Niu replied, "Cautious and slow in his speech! Is this what is meant by perfect virtue?" The Master said, "When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?"

Japanese

Kanji

訒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hesitate say
2. be reluctant speak

Readings

• On (unclassified): じん (jin); にん (nin)
• Kun: なやむ (nayamu, 訒む)

Korean

Hanja

訒 • (in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune–Reischauer in, Yale in)

1. stammer