Chinese Character 怯 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

怯 meaning[3] in English

Timid.

Cowardly.

Rustic.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and to go (去)

Its radical[1] is: (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with PGI

How to write 怯

To writeqie4timid you should write a combination of xin5Kangxi radical … , qu4to go arranged in a shape:

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怯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 怯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:qie4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Timid . Cowardly . Rustic . Taiwan Pr. [Que4]

Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element

Pinyin:qu4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Go . To Go To (A Place) . (Of A Time Etc) Last . Just Passed . To Send . To Remove . To Get Rid Of . To Reduce . To Be Apart From In Space Or Time . To Die (Euphemism) . To Play (A Part) . (When Used Either Before Or After A Verb) To Go In Order To Do Sth . (After A Verb Of Motion Indicates Movement Away From The Speaker) . (Used After Certain Verbs To Indicate Detachment Or Separation)

Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 怯in English or Chinese