懼

Translingual

Han character

懼 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 心月山土 (PBUG), four-corner 9601₄, composition ⿰忄瞿)

Derived characters

• 𭟨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11488
• Dae Jaweon: page 750, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2371, character 7
• Unihan data for U+61FC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷas) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa).

Pronunciation

Definitions

懼

1. to fear; to be afraid

   • 夫大國難測也，懼有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫大国难测也，惧有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fū dàguó náncè yě, jù yǒu fú yān.

     It is difficult to fathom the moves of a great state, and I feared an ambush.

2. to scare; to frighten

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. fear
2. overawed

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 懼れる)

Korean

Hanja

懼 (eumhun 두려워할 구 (duryeowohal gu))

1. Hanja form^? of 구 (“fear, be afraid of, dread”).

Vietnamese

Han character

懼: Hán Nôm readings: cụ

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