怯
qiè HSK7

lacking in courage

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

去
去 Sound component
qù go away

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰab
Unicodekiæp

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica