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)