懅
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Meaning: bashful
💡 Heart (忄) trembles like facing a tiger (虍) = bashful.
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Character Story & Explanation
懅 (qú) is a rare character meaning 'bashful' or 'shy'. It combines the heart radical 忄 (xīn) with 虍 (hǔ, tiger), suggesting a heart trembling like facing a tiger. Not used in modern common vocabulary, it appears in classical texts to describe timidity.
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