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惶 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
おそ.れるoso.reru
Meaning
in trepidation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 皇 as phonetic: to be awed and afraid.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 恐惶きょうこう

    awe; trepidation

  • 恐惶謹言きょうこうきんげん

    "respectfully submitted" (letter closing)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

書状(しょじょう)の末尾(まつび)に恐惶(きょうこう)謹言(きんげん)と記(しる)した。

They closed the letter with the formal phrase of respect.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

恐惶恐惶謹言恐惶謹言惶恐fear言to say謹humbly忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…亢high伉to mat…芒an awn扣to kno…扛to lif…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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