恐 — fear, dread, awe

おそれ恐 fear

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes emotion

U+6050 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #878 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #660 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fear
dread
awe

word

おそ oso Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

恐(おそ) れ osore fear 恐(おそ) ろしい osoroshii frightening 恐(おそ) らく osoraku probably 恐(おそ) れる osoreru to fear 恐(おそ) る osoru to fear

きょう kyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

恐(きょう) 怖(ふ) kyoufu fear 恐(きょう) 縮(しゅく) kyoushuku feeling obliged 恐(きょう) 竜(りゅう) kyouryuu dinosaur 恐(きょう) 慌(こう) kyoukou panic

こわ kowa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

恐(こわ) い kowai scary

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

こう工 work #48

ぼん凡 commonplace

こころ心 heart #61

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart