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臆

臆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「意」。「むね」「むねのほね」を意味する漢語｛臆｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

timidity, heart, mind, fear, cowardly

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オクJHS
  • ヨク
Kun (native)
  • むね
  • おくする
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글eog
  • Hán-ViệtỨc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+81C6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月意

Words using this kanji

  • 臆病おくびょう些細な事をも怖がる性質。また、そのさま。cowardly, timid, easily frightened
  • 臆病者おくびょうもの何をするにも臆病な性格の者。coward, wimp
  • 臆面おくめん気後れした表情や様子。timid face
  • 臆すおくすto be hesitant, to feel timid
  • 臆見おっけんconjecture
  • 臆度おくたくguessing, speculation, supposition, hypothesis
  • 臆するおくする気弱になってためらう。おじけづく。to be hesitant, to feel timid
  • 臆病風おくびょうかぜ臆病な気持ち。loss of nerve, attack of nerves, panic
  • 臆病神おくびょうがみ臆病な気持ちを起こさせるという神。また、その神により臆病になること。timidity-causing god, god of cowardice, god of panic
  • 臆面もないおくめんもないbold, audacious, impudent, unashamed
  • 臆面もなくおくめんもなくbrazenly, shamelessly, unashamedly, unabashedly
  • 臆病風に吹かれるおくびょうかぜにふかれるto become scared, to have an attack of nerves, to have a yellow streak, to chicken out

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-13
Four Corner
7023.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b13.3
Heisig
655
Nelson
3825