怖 — kanji meaning “dreadful”
怖
dreadful, be frightened, fearful
- Meanings
- dreadful, be frightened, fearful
- On'yomi
- フ (fu)、ホ (ho)
- Kun'yomi
- こわ.い、こわ.がる、お.じる、おそ.れる
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1325 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- bù — Chinese character page
Words with 怖
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怖い | こわい kowai | scary; frightening; eerie |
| 恐怖 | きょうふ kyoufu | fear; dread; dismay |
| 恐怖症 | きょうふしょう kyoufushou | phobia; morbid fear |
| 怖がる | こわがる kowagaru | to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of) |
| 畏怖 | いふ ifu | awe; fear; dread |
| 怖気 | おぞけ ozoke | fear; dread; fright |
| 物怖じ | ものおじ monooji | timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated |
| 恐怖政治 | きょうふせいじ kyoufuseiji | politics of fear; terrorism |
| 怖じる | おじる ojiru | to be scared |
| 怖ず怖ず | おずおず ozuozu | timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence |
| 恐怖心 | きょうふしん kyoufushin | fear; terror |
| 人怖じ | ひとおじ hitooji | bashfulness before strangers |
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