訒

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

• 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

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

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?”

     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?"

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hesitate say
2. be reluctant speak

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

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

1. stammer