Japanese symbol for “panicked”
恟然
きょうぜん
Romaji: kyouzen
terrified; panicked; horrified
In Japanese, panicked is 恟然, read きょうぜん (kyouzen).
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Meanings
- adj-t, adv-to terrified; panicked; horrified
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “panicked”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ワタワタ | ワタワタ watawata | flustered; confused; panicked |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人心恟々 | じんしんきょうきょう jinshinkyoukyou | panic-stricken (people); frightened (masses); alarmed |
| 恟々 | きょうきょう kyoukyou | scared; afraid; trembling with fear |
| 自然 | しぜん shizen | nature |
| 当然 | とうぜん touzen | natural; right; proper |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん zenzen | (not) at all; (not) in the slightest |
| 突然 | とつぜん totsuzen | abrupt; sudden; unexpected |
| 天然 | てんねん tennen | nature; spontaneity |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん guuzen | coincidence; chance; accident |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.