竦 — 12 strokes / Radical「立」
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- On
- ショウしょう · shō
- Kun
- すく.む・おそ.れる・つつし.むsuku.mu · oso.reru · tsutsushi.mu
- Meaning
- to cower; to stand in awe
Stroke order
Origin
To stand 立 with 束, to bind, as phonetic: to stand drawn in on oneself, cowering.
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.
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The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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