怯

  • to be afraid, to fear;

Etymology

It is a phono-semantic compound character made by combining:

心 (심, “heart, mind”) — indicating the meaning (related to emotions);

去 (거, “to go”) — providing the sound.

In the Shuowen Jiezi (説文解字 shuōwén jiězì), the variant 㹤 is listed as the head entry.

Words that derived from 怯

怯
겁낼
겁
geobnael
geop
Kangxi radical:61, 心 + 5
Strokes:8
Unicode:U+602F
Cangjie input:
  • 心土戈 (PGI)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 忄 去

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

References

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