懼

懼 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 두려워할 구
Romanization: gu
English: fear, be afraid of, dread
Mandarin: jù
Japanese on'yomi: ク, グ
Japanese kun'yomi: おそ.れる
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 21
Radical: 心 (61, 18 residual)
Phonetic component: 瞿(구)
Unicode: U+61FC

Parts that make up 懼

忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
瞿 놀랄 구sound 눈 둘을 부릅뜬 새놀라다. ‘구’ 계열의 소리

How 懼 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 懼 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 瞿.

Korean example words with 懼

계구戒懼 Korean gloss: 조심하고 두려워함
의구疑懼 Korean gloss: 의심하고 두려워함
공구하다恐懼 Korean gloss: 몹시 두렵다
우구되다憂懼 Korean gloss: 근심되고 두려워지다
위구스럽다危懼 Korean gloss: 염려하고 두려워하는 마음이 있다
위구심危懼心 Korean gloss: 염려하고 두려워하는 마음
의구심疑懼心 Korean gloss: 믿지 못하고 두려워하는 마음
전구戰懼 Korean gloss: 두려워 떪.
황구惶懼 Korean gloss: 몹시 두려움.
경구驚懼 Korean gloss: 놀라고 두려워함.
진구震懼 Korean gloss: 떨면서 두려워함.
구우懼憂 Korean gloss: 두려워하고 근심함.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 懼

畏懼いく reverence; awe; fear
疑懼ぎく apprehension; uneasiness
恐懼きょうく being struck with awe
憂懼ゆうく fear; apprehension; dread
危懼きく apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness
驚懼きょうく being startled
惶懼こうく being struck with awe
恐懼感激きょうくかんげき being struck with awe; deeply moved with awe

Characters sharing the phonetic 瞿

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 “구” in Korean.

癯衢鸜

Other hanja with radical 心

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences