愚懦
yú​nuò

ignorant and timid

愚 yú stupid

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 禺 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
禺
禺 Sound component
yú, yù, ǒu district

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋo
Unicodengio

說文解字

《說文》：“愚，戇也。从心，从禺。禺，猴屬，獸之愚者。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

懦 nuò weak

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

需
需 Sound component
xū need

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnoːls
njo
Unicodenuɑ̀

說文解字

駑弱者也。从心需聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)