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怖 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
4Junior high level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
フ・ホふ・ほ · fu · ho
Kun
こわ.い・こわ.がる・お.じる・おそ.れるkowa.i · kowa.garu · o.jiru · oso.reru
Meaning
frightening; afraid

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

忄 "heart" with 布: a heart shrinking — frightening, afraid.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onフふfu恐怖きょうふ
Kunこわいkowai怖いこわい怖がるこわがる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 恐怖きょうふ

    fear; terror

  • 怖いこわい

    scary; afraid

More words with this kanji

  • 畏怖いふ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

暗(くら)い道(みち)は少(すこ)し怖(こわ)い。

A dark road is a little scary.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

恐怖怖恐fear忙busy恒consta…悩be tro…惨misera…慎be car…捕catch浮float普univer…腐rot舗shop
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 忄Map of reading フAll maps

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