Hanja Analyzer
懾

懾 — seop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
무서울 섭, 두려울 섭
Romanization
seop
English
afraid, scared, fearful
Mandarin
shè
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
おそ.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
21
Radical
心 (61, 18 residual)
Phonetic component
聶(섭)
Unicode
U+61FE

Parts that make up 懾

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 聶 소곤거릴 섭, 낄 섭, 성씨 섭sound 귀 셋을 맞댄 모양‘섭·녑’ 계열의 소리

How 懾 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 懾 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 聶.

Japanese words with 懾

  • 懾伏しょうふく prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear

Characters sharing the phonetic 聶

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 “섭” in Korean.

Other hanja read “섭”

Other hanja with radical 心

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