惶 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
- On
- コウ
- Kun
- おそ.れる
- Meaning
- in trepidation
Origin
Heart 忄 with 皇 as phonetic: to be awed and afraid.
Stroke order
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
書状の末尾に恐惶謹言と記した。
They closed the letter with the formal phrase of respect.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)