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怯 · cowardice, wince

怯 is a kanji meaning cowardice, wince, flinch, hesitate. It has 8 strokes.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • キョウkyō
  • コウkō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • ひるむhirumu
  • おびえるobieru
  • おじるojiru
  • おびえるobieru
  • おそれるosoreru

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Words that use 怯 · 2 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 怯
WordReadingMeaningLevel
卑怯ひきょうcowardice, meanness, unfairnessN2
怯えるおびえるto become frightenedN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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