嚅

嚅 · rú

talk indistinctly and falteringly

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
rú
Cantonese
jyu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

talk indistinctly and falteringly

Dictionary definitions & readings

嚅 rú · chattering

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10696.060:rú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0971.050:rú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
316.160:rú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
rú粵jyu4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジュ ニュ Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nheo Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
人朱 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMBB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6102.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0211.330 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
075.21 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5685
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6226

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
嚅
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
nyu · 人朱 · 遇合三平虞日 · #256

PHONO-ML, source line 2231; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
292.505
kCowles
3623
kDaeJaweon
0434.270
kHanYu
10696.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
0434.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10696.060
kIRGKangXi
0211.330
kKangXi
0211.330
kMatthews
3146
kMeyerWempe
2571 2867c
kMorohashi
04455
kSBGY
075.21
kSMSZD2003Index
121.03
kCangjie
RMBB
kFourCornerCode
6102.7
kHKGlyph
0699
kMojiJoho
MJ008719
kPhonetic
1250
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-6069
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C07D
kIRG_JSource
J1-3655
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3AF4
kIRG_KSource
K2-287C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7348
kIRG_VSource
V1-5029
kRSUnicode
30.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C07D
kCCCII
213750
kCNS1986
1-7348
kCNS1992
1-7348
kEACC
213750
kGB0
6473
kGB1
6473
kJis1
2253
kMainlandTelegraph
0906
kTGH
2013:6226
kTaiwanTelegraph
0906
kXerox
273:354
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19264+30.3.14
kCantonese
jyu4
kDefinition
talk indistinctly and falteringly
kFanqie
人朱
kHanyuPinyin
10696.060:rú
kJapanese
ジュ ニュ
kJapaneseKun
YAKAMASHII
kJapaneseOn
JU NYU
kKorean
YU
kMandarin
rú
kSMSZD2003Readings
rú粵jyu4
kTGHZ2013
316.160:rú
kVietnamese
nheo
kXHC1983
0971.050:rú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 嚅0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
口 beside 需 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰口需$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口需$(GHTJKPV)

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