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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “phobia”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恐惧症.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恐怖 | kǒng bù | terrible; frightful |
| 恐惧 (恐懼) | kǒng jù | fear; dread; to fear; to dread |
| 恐怕 | kǒng pà | fear; to dread |
| 恐怖主义 (恐怖主義) | kǒng bù zhǔ yì | terrorism |
| 反恐 | fǎn kǒng | anti-terrorism; to fight against terrorism |
| 恐慌 | kǒng huāng | panic; panicky |
| 畏惧 (畏懼) | wèi jù | to fear; to dread |
| 惧怕 (懼怕) | jù pà | to be afraid |
| 症状 (症狀) | zhèng zhuàng | symptom (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.