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The kanji 怖: meaning, readings and stroke order
怖
- Meaning
- scary, afraid
- On reading
- フ fu
- Kun reading
- こわ（い） kowai、こわ（がる） kowagaru
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- sợ, đáng sợ (bố)
- Japanese
- こわい。おそろしい。
- Korean
- 무섭다 (포)
- Chinese
- 可怕、害怕
Readings, words and example sentences
フ fu · on reading · less common
恐怖
fear, terror
高い ところに 恐怖を 感じます。
I feel fear in high places.
こわ（い） kowai · kun reading
怖い
scary
その 話は とても 怖いです。
That story is very scary.
こわ（がる） kowagaru · kun reading · less common
怖がる
to be afraid (of)
犬を 怖がります。
The child is afraid of dogs.
Practise writing 怖 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 怖 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.