to speak slowly / inarticulate

讷 character breakdown

inside / inner / internal / within / interior

= + : Mnemonic symbol: A CT scanner to see inside of someone.

= + : Napoleon just can't find his stapler and suspects that Neanderthal Man has eaten it. Not thinking twice he orders Neanderthal Man to enter his CT scanner in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, finding his stapler in Neanderthal Man's stomach.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 讷 as component

讷 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 讷

wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated
Nehe, county-level city in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Chişinău or Chisinau, capital of Moldova
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
ungraduated ruler / straight edge
Uxin or Wushen banner in southwest Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia
Nehe, county-level city in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
clumsy in speech / tongue tied
(of speech) indistinct / mumbling / hesitating
overcautious / conservative and dull in conversation
resolute and taciturn (idiom)
(literary) inarticulate

Sentences with 讷

讷 currently does not appear in any sentence.