讷 - nè - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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訥 (讷)

clumsy in speech; tongue tied

(of speech) indistinct; mumbling; hesitating

wooden and slow; plainspoken; slow and prudent; inarticulate

overcautious; conservative and dull in conversation

ungraduated ruler; straight edge

resolute and taciturn (idiom)

honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)

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