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惧

jù

fear

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 具 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懼.

Components
忄 meaning component

忄  Meaning component

xin, xīn

  

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

具 sound component

具  Sound component

jù

  

tool

Evolution

惧 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
惧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
惧 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
惧 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
惧 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

惧 (懼) 

jù

fear, be afraid of, dread; to fear

Most common words with 惧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

恐惧

fear

畏惧

to fear

惧

to fear

惧怕

to be afraid

恐惧症

phobia

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 21.3840% of movies

1412th most common character in movies

1616th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

懼

Unicode

U+60E7


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