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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

臆: timidity, heart

Also: mind, fear, cowardly

N1 (our estimate)17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 意 is drawn in

17 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

オクoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 臆病おくびょうcowardly; timid; easily frightened
  • 臆病者おくびょうものcoward; wimp
  • 臆説おくせつhypothesis; speculation; surmise

Also read ヨク, むね, おくする, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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意

Also built on idea (意)

Also read オク

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ヨク

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
臆 timidity · 月
vs億 hundred million · 亻
臆 has 月 where 億 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yì

Same form: 臆 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
臆 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
臆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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