怖 – dreadful, be frightened, fearful

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1325 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 怖 means dreadful, be frightened, fearful. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ、ホ (fu, ho); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こわ.い、こわ.がる、お.じる、おそ.れる (kowai, kowagaru, ojiru, osoreru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
On’yomi	ホ	ho
Kun’yomi	こわ.い	kowai
Kun’yomi	こわ.がる	kowagaru
Kun’yomi	お.じる	ojiru
Kun’yomi	おそ.れる	osoreru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: ノ・一・巾・忙.

Words using 怖

怖いこわいscary恐怖きょうふfear

Example sentences

私は恐怖で気も狂わんばかりだった。

I almost went crazy with fear.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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