8 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

cowardice, wince, flinch, hesitate, waver

Kun'yomi
  • to falter
  • おびえ
  • おじる
  • to become frightened
  • おそれる
On'yomi
  • キョウ
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

キョウ 53.7%
おびえる 41.8%
ひる 4.5%

Character Breakdown

cowardice, wince, flinch
キョウ おび.える ひる.む (Kentei Pre-1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
gone, past, quit
さ.る コ キョ (3rd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 602F
JIS X 0208 1-22-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1661
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1816
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 355
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2275
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2374
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10491
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k5.9
Four corner code 9403.1