怯 (Kangxi radical 61,心+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input心土戈 (PGI),four-corner9403₁,composition⿰忄去)

• 𠵐,𢯖,𨨤,𢝍

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 382, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10491
• Dae Jaweon: page 712, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2283, character 6
• Unihan data for U+602F

Historical forms of the character怯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)
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怯

1. timid;cowardly
   • 2013 August 15,Dante Lam,激戰 [jīzhàn,Unbeatable], spoken by程輝[Ching Fai] (Nick Cheung Ka Fai),Bona Film Group:

     行得上臺你就唔好怯喇，怯，你就輸成世。[Cantonese,trad.]
     行得上台你就唔好怯喇，怯，你就输成世。[Cantonese,simp.]

     haang⁴ dak¹ soeng⁵ toi⁴ nei⁵ zau⁶ m⁴ hou²hip³ laa³,hip³, nei⁵ zau⁶ syu¹ seng⁴ sai³.[Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. tofear; to beafraid of

   怯場／怯场  ― qièchǎng  ―  to suffer from stage fright

   • 黃花不怯西風冷，只怕詩人兩鬢霜。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     黄花不怯西风冷，只怕诗人两鬓霜。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: 12th—13th century,Xin Qiji,鷓鴣天·翰墨諸君久擅場

     Huánghuā bùqiè xīfēng lěng, zhǐ pà shīrén liǎng bìn shuāng.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (dialectal)vulgar;tawdry
4. weak;feeble

• “Query for怯”, in臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2023.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to bescared, to befrightened
2. timid;cowardly

• Go-on:こう(kō)^{←こふ(kofu,historical)}
• Kan-on:きょう(kyō)^{←けふ(kefu,historical)}
• Kun:おびえる(obieru,怯る)、おじける(ojikeru,怯じける)、おそれる(osoreru,怯れる)、ひるむ(hirumu,怯む)、よわい(yowai,怯い)

FromMiddle Chinese怯 (MC khjaep).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[kʌ̹p̚]
• Phonetic hangul:[겁]

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

怯

怯 (eumhun겁(怯)낼겁(geomnael geop))

1. fear,fright

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 怯

怯:Hán Nôm readings:khiếp,khép

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