怖
怖 — po
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 두려워할 포
- Romanization
- po
- English
- terror, fear; frighten; terrified
- Mandarin
- bù
- Japanese on'yomi
- フ, ホ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- こわ.い こわ.がる お.じる おそ.れる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,325 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 (61, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 布(포)
- Unicode
- U+6016
Parts that make up 怖
How 怖 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 怖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 布.
Korean example words with 怖
- 공포恐怖 Korean gloss: 두렵고 무서움
- 위포威怖 Korean gloss: 위엄과 두려움을 아울러 이르는 말
- 외포하다畏怖 Korean gloss: 몹시 두려워하다
- 공포심恐怖心 Korean gloss: 두려워하고 무서워하는 마음
- 공포감恐怖感 Korean gloss: 두렵고 무서운 느낌이나 기분
- 공포미恐怖美 Korean gloss: 공포 속에서 느끼는 아름다움
- 공포증恐怖症 Korean gloss: 대수롭지 않은 일을 늘 크게 생각하여 두려워하고 고민하며 불안을 느끼고 자기 통제를 하지 못하는 병적 증상
- 공포물恐怖物 Korean gloss: 귀신, 괴물, 살인마 등을 소재로 하여 공포심을 유발하는 작품을 통틀어 이르는 말. 영화, 소설, 만화, 게임 따위의 장르 가
- 경포驚怖 Korean gloss: 놀라고 두려워함.
- 포복怖伏 Korean gloss: 무서워서 엎드림.
- 수포愁怖 Korean gloss: 근심하고 두려워함.
- 겁포怯怖 Korean gloss: 겁이 나서 두려워함.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 怖
- 恐怖きょうふ fear; dread; dismay
- 怖いこわい scary; frightening; eerie
- 恐怖症きょうふしょう phobia; morbid fear
- 怖がるこわがる to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of)
- 畏怖いふ awe; fear; dread
- 怖こわ frightening; terrifying
- 怖気おぞけ fear; dread; fright
- 怖じるおじる to be scared
- 物怖じものおじ timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
- 恐怖心きょうふしん fear; terror
- 人怖じひとおじ bashfulness before strangers
- 怖い顔こわいかお grim face; angry look
Characters sharing the phonetic 布
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “포” in Korean.
Other hanja read “포”
Other hanja with radical 心
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences