怯 = 忄 + 去

怯 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “lacking in courage”. It is built from 忄 (heart) and 去 (go away).

Keyword: lacking in courage
Pinyin (Mandarin): qiè
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: lacking in courage, afraid, боится, не хватает смелости, afraid
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 怯 wince

Decomposition

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忄 heart
去 go away

How to find 怯 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “go away”. 怯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 怯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.