委婉
wěi wǎn · HSK 7
tactful
🪶 wei-wan sounds like wave-wand: words waved soft so nothing stings
委 means to yield or bend, 婉 = 女 (woman radical) + 宛 (winding), so both halves bend around a point instead of hitting it head-on. That bending is exactly what tactful, euphemistic, soft-voiced speech does.