恐
Meanings
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- 1.afraid
- 2.frightened
- 3.to fear
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Wiktionary
- 1.to fear; to be afraid
- 2.fearful; apprehensive
- 3.perhaps; may (not)
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Etymology
In the Shuowen Jiezi appears as phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs): phonetic 𢀜 (gǒng) + semantic 心 (“heart”). The modern form can be interpreted as phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs): phonetic 巩 (OC *koŋʔ) + semantic 心 (“heart”)
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我恐高。
I'm afraid of heights.
汤姆恐高。
Tom is afraid of heights.
恐龍在很久以前滅絶了。
Dinosaurs died out a very long time ago.
恐龍在很久以前滅絶了。
Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
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Derived terms
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