Chinese Character 懦 Meanings and components.

Form

懦

Meaning

懦 meaning[3] in English

Imbecile.

Timid.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with PMBB

How to write 懦

To write懦nuo4imbecile you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 需xu1to require arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 需 = 懦

懦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

懦
Pinyin:nuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Imbecile . Timid
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
需
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Require . To Need . To Want . Necessity . Need
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
而
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: And . As Well As . And So . But (Not) . Yet (Not) . (Indicates Causal Relation) . (Indicates Change Of State) . (Indicates Contrast)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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