Kanji

怯

Meaning

cowardice wince flinch

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ひるむ
  • おびえる
  • おじる
  • おそれる

On'yomi

  • ひ きょう cowardly
  • きょう だ cowardly
  • きょう じゃく coward
  • こう

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/8

Component Analysis

怯
cowardice, wince, flinch...
ひる.む, おびえ.る, キョウ
忄
( 心 ) heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
こころ, シン
去
gone, past, quit...
さ.る, -さ.る, キョ
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
厶
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
わたくし, ござ.る, シ
厶
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
わたくし, ござ.る, シ

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