shè
afraid
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 聂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懾.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 慑
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to awe | ||
deterrence | ||
afraid | ||
to overawe | ||
nuclear deterrence |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2970th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+6151 |
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