惧

See also: 懼 and 慎
惧 U+60E7, 惧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60E7
← 惦
[U+60E6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 惨 →
[U+60E8]

Translingual

Han character

惧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心月一金 (PBMC), composition ⿰忄具)

  1. fear, be afraid of, dread

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 392, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 727, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2315, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+60E7

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 惧 – see 懼 (“to fear; to be afraid; to scare; to frighten”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 懼).
Notes:

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 具 (OC *ɡos). Originally, it was a popular variant of 懼.[1]

References

  1. ^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Japanese

Kanji

惧

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. dread

Readings

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

Compounds

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