懦
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted
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Wiktionary
- 1.cowardly; weak
- 2.soft
- 3.sluggish; slow; spiritless; listless; timid; lazy; taking things too easy; letting things take their course
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *noːls, *njo): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 需 (OC *sno). Probably cognate with 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”), see there for more (STEDT).
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