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nuò

weak, timid, cowardly

🔤 Pictophonetic: 忄 (heart) provides meaning, 需 provides pronunciation

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (32%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to need, to require; must

⿰忄需 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

xīn

忄

heart; mind; soul

3 strokes

xū

需

to need, to require; must

💡 Ideographic: Rain 雨 needed for crops to grow

14 strokes HSK 3

yǔ

雨

rain

📷 Pictographic: Rain drops falling from a cloud 帀

8 strokes HSK 1

zā

帀

to rotate, to revolve, to make a circuit

4 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

jīn

巾

cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel

📷 Pictographic: A curtain or towel hanging from a rack

3 strokes HSK 4

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

ér

而

and, and then, and yet; but

6 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 懦 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

timid / gutless / weakling

qiènuò

怯懦 ↗

timid / gutless / weakling