懦
nuò
#3,168 most
frequent character
(bound form) cowardly, faint-hearted
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
懦 has 忄 heart as its meaning part and 需 xū as its sound part; the sound link is not clear today. It first meant weak and cowardly, then grew to timid.
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