竦 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「立」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「立」
- On
- ショウ
- Kun
- すく.む・おそ.れる・つつし.む
- Meaning
- to cower; to stand in awe
Origin
To stand 立 with 束, to bind, as phonetic: to stand drawn in on oneself, cowering.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 竦然しょうぜん
shuddering with awe
- 身が竦むみがすくむ
to freeze with fear
Example
高さに身が竦んで動けない。
The height freezes them and they cannot move.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)