Hanja Analyzer
怯

怯 — geop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
겁낼 겁
Romanization
geop
English
lacking in courage, afraid
Mandarin
qiè
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひる.む おびえ.る おじる おび.える おそ.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
心 (61, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
去
Unicode
U+602F

Parts that make up 怯

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 去 갈 거sound 사람과 구멍 또는 사람이 떠나는 모양감. ‘거·겁’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 怯

  • 경겁驚怯 Korean gloss: 놀라서 겁을 냄
  • 혼겁魂怯 Korean gloss: 혼이 빠지도록 겁을 냄. 또는 그 겁
  • 생겁生怯 Korean gloss: 대수롭지 아니한 일에 대하여서 공연히 내는 겁
  • 자겁하다自怯 Korean gloss: 제풀에 겁을 내다
  • 황겁하다惶怯 Korean gloss: 겁이 나서 얼떨떨하다
  • 식겁하다食怯 Korean gloss: 뜻밖에 놀라 겁을 먹다
  • 허겁하다虛怯 Korean gloss: 공연한 일에 겁을 내거나 겁에 질리다
  • 비겁스럽다卑怯 Korean gloss: 매우 비겁하거나 또는 비겁한 데가 있다
  • 질겁하다窒怯 Korean gloss: 뜻밖의 일에 자지러질 정도로 깜짝 놀라다
  • 기겁하다氣怯 Korean gloss: 숨이 막힐 듯이 갑작스럽게 겁을 내며 놀라다
  • 겁보怯보 Korean gloss: 겁이 많은 사람
  • 비겁자卑怯者 Korean gloss: 비열하고 용기가 없는 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 怯

  • 卑怯ひきょう cowardly; craven; unfair
  • 怯えるおびえる to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
  • 怯むひるむ to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from)
  • 怯懦きょうだ cowardly; spineless; weak-willed
  • 怯えおびえ being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
  • 怯弱きょうじゃく coward
  • 怯夫きょうふ coward; timid man
  • 卑怯者ひきょうもの coward; chicken; yellow-belly
  • 卑怯千万ひきょうせんばん very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
  • 卑怯な手を使うひきょうなてをつかう to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt

Characters sharing the phonetic 去

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “겁”

Other hanja with radical 心

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