Hanja Analyzer
怕

怕 — pa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
두려울 파
Romanization
pa
English
to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive
Mandarin
pà
Japanese on'yomi
ハ, ハク, ヒャク, ヘ, バク
Japanese kun'yomi
おそ.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
心 (61, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
白
Unicode
U+6015

Parts that make up 怕

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 白 흰 백, 땅이름 배sound 도토리 또는 사람의 머리희다와 밝다. 소리로도 자주 쓴다

How 怕 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 怕 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 白.

Characters sharing the phonetic 白

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “파”

Other hanja with radical 心

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