How to write 讷

讷 (nè) 1. 语言迟钝 1. Language is slow or dull: 木～ (dull as wood). 口～ (slow in speech). ～～ (describing slow speech). 2. 形 - 【本义】: 语言迟钝 (The original meaning: language is slow or dull) - 【造字法】: 会意。从言，从内。表示有话在肚里，难以说出来 (Character formation: a compound meaning, consisting of 'speech' and 'inner', indicating that one has something to express but finds it difficult to say). 3. 动 1. 结结巴巴地说 ([En.] stammer) 2. 忍而少言 ([En.] be hardhearted enough to talk rarely) 4. 引 - 《说文》: 讷，言难也。 按，当为呐之或体。 ("Shuowen": 讷 means speaking difficulty. It may refer to "nà" or its form). - 《贾子道术》: 论物明辨谓之辩，反辩为讷。 ("Jiazi Daoshu": Clear distinctions in discussions about things is called 'argue', and the opposite refers to 'nè'). - 《论语·里仁》: 君子欲讷于言而敏于行。 ("Analects, Liren": A gentleman wishes to be slow in speech but quick in action). - 《史记·李将军列传》: 广讷口少言。 ("Records of the Grand Historian": General Li is known for having a broad and quiet speech). 5. 例 - 讷口 (slow in speech; dull-witted): 讷涩 (difficult and clumsy in speech); 讷直 (slow in speech, but upright in character); 讷钝 (slow in speech); 讷言 (dull in conversation). 6. 动 1. 结结巴巴地说 ([En.] stammer) - 引: 《水浒全传》: 只听得差拨口里讷出一句“高太尉”三个字来。 ("Water Margin": He only managed to stammer out the phrase 'Gao Tawei'). 2. 忍而少言 ([En.] be hardhearted enough to talk rarely) - 引: 三国 魏· 刘劭《人物志·体别》: 能威能怀，能辨能讷。 ("Records of the Three Kingdoms": Able to command presence and discretion, shrewd yet slow in speech).