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懦 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ダ・ジュ・ゼンだ・じゅ・ぜん · da · ju · zen
Kun
よわ.いyowa.i
Meaning
cowardly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 需 as phonetic: weak-spirited and without nerve.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 懦弱だじゃく

    cowardly; weak-willed

  • 怯懦きょうだ

    cowardice

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

怯懦(きょうだ)を恥(は)じて立(た)ち上(あ)がった。

Ashamed of their cowardice, they stood up.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

懦弱怯懦懦弱weak怯flinch忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…戍to gua…朶a bran…兌to exc…沱stream…荼a bitt…
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Compound

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