怯 — Chinese character
怯
qiè
afraid, lacking in courage
- Pinyin
- qiè
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 忄 去
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 去
- Japanese
- 怯 as a kanji
Common words with 怯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胆怯 (膽怯) | dǎn qiè | timidity; timid |
| 怯懦 | qiè nuò | timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted |
| 羞怯 | xiū qiè | shy; timid |
| 怯场 (怯場) | qiè chǎng | to have stage fright |
| 怯弱 | qiè ruò | timid; weak |
| 畏怯 | wèi qiè | timorous; nervous |
| 卑怯 | bēi qiè | mean and cowardly; abject |
| 怯生生 | qiè shēng shēng | shy |
| 露怯 | lòu qiè | to display one's ignorance; to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder |
| 怯意 | qiè yì | timidity; nervousness; sense of apprehension |
| 大勇若怯 | dà yǒng ruò qiè | a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed |
| 怯子 | qiè zi | person with country accent; rustic |
English words written with 怯
怯 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.