Japanese symbol for “phobia”
恐怖症
きょうふしょう
Romaji: kyoufushou
phobia; morbid fear
In Japanese, phobia is 恐怖症, read きょうふしょう (kyoufushou).
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Meanings
- n, n-suf phobia; morbid fear
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恐れ | おそれ osore | fear; horror; anxiety |
| 恐怖 | きょうふ kyoufu | fear; dread; dismay |
| 恐ろしい | おそろしい osoroshii | terrible; dreadful; terrifying |
| 恐らく | おそらく osoraku | probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood |
| 恐れる | おそれる osoreru | to fear; to be afraid of |
| 恐竜 | きょうりゅう kyouryuu | dinosaur |
| 怖い | こわい kowai | scary; frightening; eerie |
| 怖がる | こわがる kowagaru | to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of) |
| 症状 | しょうじょう shoujou | symptoms; condition (of a patient) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “phobia”.
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.
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