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Chinese symbol for “phobia”

恐惧症
kǒng jù zhèng
Traditional: 恐懼症
phobia

The closest CC-CEDICT match for phobia is 恐惧症 (kǒng jù zhèng), defined as: phobia.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

恐 kǒng
fearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes
惧 jù
to fear, to dread
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes
症 zhèng
ailment, disease, illness
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “phobia”

WordPinyinMeaning
恐怖症kǒng bù zhèngphobia

Related words

Other words that share a character with 恐惧症.

WordPinyinMeaning
恐怖kǒng bùterrible; frightful
恐惧 (恐懼)kǒng jùfear; dread; to fear; to dread
恐怕kǒng pàfear; to dread
恐怖主义 (恐怖主義)kǒng bù zhǔ yìterrorism
反恐fǎn kǒnganti-terrorism; to fight against terrorism
恐慌kǒng huāngpanic; panicky
畏惧 (畏懼)wèi jùto fear; to dread
惧怕 (懼怕)jù pàto be afraid
症状 (症狀)zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)

See also: Japanese symbol for “phobia”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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