訒

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

See also: 讱

Translingual

Han character

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

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Chinese

trad.		訒
simp.		讱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 訒
Large seal script	Small seal script

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, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: rèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: jên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁶
    • Yale: yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪn^H/▼

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
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

• 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. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Japanese

Kanji

訒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hesitate say
2. be reluctant speak

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. stammer