怵 — Chinese character
怵
chù
fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy
- Pinyin
- chù
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 忄 术
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 术
Common words with 怵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发怵 (發怵) | fā chù | to feel terrified; to grow apprehensive |
| 怵惕 | chù tì | to be alarmed; to be apprehensive |
| 怵惧 (怵懼) | chù jù | fear; dread |
| 怵然 | chù rán | fearful |
| 怵目惊心 (怵目驚心) | chù mù jīng xīn | lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see |
| 打怵 | dǎ chù | to fear; to feel terrified |
| 犯怵 | fàn chù | to be afraid; to feel nervous |
怵 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 6
- Mencius 2A.6
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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