Hanja Analyzer
懦

懦 — na, yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나약할 나, 만만할 유
Romanization
na, yu
English
weak, timid, cowardly
Mandarin
nuò
Japanese on'yomi
ダ, ジュ, ゼン, ネン, ダン, ナン, ナ, ニュ
Japanese kun'yomi
よわ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Radical
心 (61, 14 residual)
Phonetic component
需
Unicode
U+61E6

Parts that make up 懦

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 需 쓰일/쓸 수sound 비에 젖은 사람‘수·유’ 계열의 소리

How 懦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 懦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 需.

Korean example words with 懦

  • 나약성懦弱性 Korean gloss: 의지가 굳세지 못하고 약한 성질
  • 나암하다懦闇 Korean gloss: 나약하고 어리석다.
  • 겁나하다怯懦 Korean gloss: 겁이 많고 나약하다.
  • 나박懦薄 Korean gloss: ‘나박하다’의 어근.
  • 유나柔懦 Korean gloss: ‘유나하다’의 어근.
  • 나열하다懦劣 Korean gloss: 마음이 약하고 못나다.
  • 용나하다庸懦 Korean gloss: 재주가 평범하고 나약하다.
  • 겁나심怯懦心 Korean gloss: 겁이 많고 나약한 마음.
  • 겁나히怯懦히 Korean gloss: 겁이 많고 나약하게.

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

Japanese words with 懦

  • 怯懦きょうだ cowardly; spineless; weak-willed
  • 懦夫だふ coward; timid man

Characters sharing the phonetic 需

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

儒 嚅 孺 濡 糯 繻 臑 襦 醹

Other hanja read “나”

儺 哪 娜 拏 拿 挐 挪 梛 糥 糯 那

Other hanja with radical 心

心 必 忉 忌 忍 忐 忒 忖 志 忘 忙 応 忝 忞 忟 忠 忡 忢 忤 忨 快 忭 忮 忱 念 忷 忸 忻 忼 忽 忿 怊 怍 怏 怒 怓 怔 怕 怖 怗 怙 怛 怜 思 怠 怡 急 怦 性 怨 怩 怪 怭 怯 怰 怱 怲 怳 怵 怾

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