訒

See also: 讱

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

Translingual

Han character

訒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言げん+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜ぼく口こう尸しかばね竹ちく戈ほこ (YRSHI), four-corner 0762₀, composition ⿰訁刃は)

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 (刃は) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涊	*nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍にん	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃は	*njɯns
認みとめ	*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 (聲こえ)	日ひ (38)
Final (韻いん)	眞しん (43)
Tone (調しらべ)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	而振ふ切きり
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	刃は
Rime group	文ぶん
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	刃は
Old Chinese	/*njɯns/

Definitions

訒

1. (literary) slow and cautious in speech

   • 司馬しば牛うし問とい仁ひとし。子こ曰：「仁者じんしゃ其言げん也訒。」曰：「其言げん也訒，斯謂いい之これ仁ひとし已やめ乎？」子こ曰：「為ため之これ難なん，言げん之これ得とく無な訒乎？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     司つかさ马牛うし问仁ひとし。子こ曰：「仁者じんしゃ其言げん也讱。」曰：「其言げん也讱，斯谓之これ仁ひとし已やめ乎？」子こ曰：「为之これ难，言げん之これ得とく无讱乎？」 [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

(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