Kanji
N1 17 strokes Grade 8

timidity, heart, mind, fear, cowardly

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

meat niku

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

cowardly; timid
coward; wimp
timid face
bravery and cowardice
loss of nerve; attack of nerves
one's inmost thoughts (feelings)
conjectures and surmises; speculation
conjecture
timidity-causing god; god of cowardice
guessing; speculation

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

bold; audacious
brazenly; shamelessly
to be hesitant; to feel timid
fearlessly
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to become scared; to have an attack of nerves

Example sentences

He was accused of cowardice.

He is too much of a coward to attempt it.

With all his boasting, he is a coward.

He went so far as to say that I was a coward.