Chinese symbol for “cowardly”
懦弱
nuò ruò
cowardly; weak
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cowardly is 懦弱 (nuò ruò), defined as: cowardly; weak.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cowardly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懦 | nuò | (bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted |
| 怯懦 | qiè nuò | timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted |
| 鼠胆 (鼠膽) | shǔ dǎn | cowardly |
| 胆怯 (膽怯) | dǎn qiè | timidity; timid |
| 怯 | qiè | timid; cowardly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 懦弱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懦夫 | nuò fū | coward |
| 怯懦 | qiè nuò | timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted |
| 愚懦 | yú nuò | ignorant and timid |
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | weak; frail |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair |
| 弱点 (弱點) | ruò diǎn | weak point; failing |
| 减弱 (減弱) | jiǎn ruò | to weaken; to diminish |
| 软弱 (軟弱) | ruǎn ruò | weak; feeble |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cowardly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.